Definition
不谋而合 is a four-character idiom that literally means 'not having planned together, yet they coincide'. It describes two or more people independently reaching the same conclusion or having the same idea without any prior discussion. You can use it in academic, professional, or everyday contexts to emphasize that an agreement or similarity in views was unplanned.
idiom
to happen to coincide without prior discussionto think alike without exchanging ideas
Examples
- 不谋而合，。Tāmen de kànfǎ bù móu ér hé, dōu rènwéi yīnggāi xiān diàochá zài juédìng.Their views happened to coincide; both thought we should investigate first before deciding.
- ，不谋而合。Guānyú zhège fāng'àn de xiūgǎi, liǎng ge tuánduì de yìjiàn bù móu ér hé.Regarding the revision of this plan, the opinions of the two teams coincided without prior discussion.
- 不谋而合，。Xiǎo Wáng hé Lǎo Zhāng de xiǎngfǎ bù móu ér hé, dōu tíchū le tóngyàng de jiànyì.Xiao Wang and Old Zhang independently had the same idea and both made the same suggestion.
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