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"old friends" Chinese-English Dictionary

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Chinese Pinyin Translation
故旧 故舊 gù jiù old friends syn
Chinese Pinyin Translation
做 zuò to make / to produce / to write / to compose / to do / to engage in / to hold (a party etc) / (of a person) to be (an intermediary, a good student etc) / to become (husband and wife, friends etc) / (of a thing) to serve as / to be used for / to assume (an air or manner) syn
者 zhě (after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... / (after a noun) person involved in ... / -er / -ist / (used after a number or 後|后[hou4] or 前[qian2] to refer to sth mentioned previously) / (used after a term, to mark a pause before defining the term) / (old) (used at the end of a command) / (old) this syn
博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician
老兄 lǎo xiōng elder brother (often used self-referentially) / (form of address between male friends) old chap / buddy syn
交 jiāo to hand over / to deliver / to pay (money) / to turn over / to make friends / (of lines) to intersect / variant of 跤[jiao1] syn
解 xiè acrobatic display (esp. on horseback) (old) / variant of 懈[xie4] and 邂[xie4] (old) syn
士 shì member of the senior ministerial class (old) / scholar (old) / bachelor / honorific / soldier / noncommissioned officer / specialist worker syn
老头 老頭 lǎo tóu old fellow / old man / father / husband syn
古老 gǔ lǎo ancient / old / age-old syn
打发 打發 dǎ fa to dispatch sb to do sth / to make sb leave / to pass (the time) / (old) to make arrangements / (old) to bestow (alms etc) syn
老头子 老頭子 lǎo tóu zi (coll.) old man / (said of an aging husband) my old man syn
老式 lǎo shì old-fashioned / old type / outdated syn
老娘 lǎo niáng my old mother / I, this old woman / my old lady (colloquial) / maternal grandmother / midwife syn
死党 死黨 sǐ dǎng best friends / inseparable sidekick / diehard followers syn
亲友 親友 qīn yǒu friends and relatives syn
结交 結交 jié jiāo to make friends with syn
交友 jiāo yǒu to make friends
要好 yào hǎo to be on good terms / to be close friends / striving for self-improvement syn
交朋友 jiāo péng you to make friends / (dialect) to start an affair with sb
老牌 lǎo pái old, well-known brand / old style / old school / an old hand / experienced veteran syn
食道 shí dào esophagus / gullet / (old) the proper way to eat / (old) food transportation route syn
亲朋好友 親朋好友 qīn péng hǎo yǒu friends and family / kith and kin syn
旧账 舊賬 jiù zhàng lit. old account / old debt / fig. old scores to settle / old quarrels / old grudge
相交 xiāng jiāo to cross over (e.g. traffic) / to intersect / to make friends syn
老将 老將 lǎo jiàng lit. old general / commander-in-chief 將帥|将帅, the equivalent of king in Chinese chess / fig. old-timer / veteran syn
仗义 仗義 zhàng yì to uphold justice / to be loyal (to one's friends) / to stick by syn
病友 bìng yǒu a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital / wardmate
亲朋 親朋 qīn péng relatives and friends syn
宿怨 sù yuàn an old grudge / old scores to settle syn
老汉 老漢 lǎo hàn old man / I (an old man referring to himself) syn
喜新厌旧 喜新厭舊 xǐ xīn yàn jiù lit. to like the new, and hate the old (idiom) / fig. enamored with new people (e.g. new girlfriend), bored with the old syn
交游 交遊 jiāo yóu to have friendly relationships / circle of friends syn
寿终正寝 壽終正寢 shòu zhōng zhèng qǐn to die of old age / to die in one's bed at a ripe old age / (fig.) (of a structure or machine etc) to come to the end of its life syn
老态 老態 lǎo tài old and frail / decrepit / doddering / decrepitude / infirmities of old age syn
念旧 念舊 niàn jiù to remember old friends / to cherish old friendships / for old time's sake syn
如故 rú gù as before / as usual / (to be) like old friends syn
荣辱与共 榮辱與共 róng rǔ yǔ gòng (of friends or partners) to share both the honor and the disgrace (idiom) syn
神交 shén jiāo soul brothers / friends in spirit who have never met / to commune with syn
会友 會友 huì yǒu to make friends / to meet friends / member of the same organization syn
忘年交 wàng nián jiāo friends despite the difference in age syn
小子 xiǎo zǐ (literary) youngster / (old) young fellow (term of address used by the older generation) / (old) I, me (used in speaking to one's elders) syn
老家伙 老傢伙 lǎo jiā huo (coll.) old fellow / old codger syn
古风 古風 gǔ fēng old style / old custom / a pre-Tang Dynasty genre of poetry aka 古體詩|古体诗[gu3 ti3 shi1] syn
老不死 lǎo bù sǐ (derog.) old but still alive / old fart / old bastard
讲义气 講義氣 jiǎng yì qì to be loyal (to one's friends) / to value loyalty
征友 徵友 zhēng yǒu to seek new friends through personal ads, dating apps etc
天各一方 tiān gè yī fāng (of relatives or friends) to live far apart from each other syn
白头偕老 白頭偕老 bái tóu xié lǎo (to live together until the) white hairs of old age (idiom) / to live to a ripe old age in conjugal bliss / until death do us part syn
不打不相识 不打不相識 bù dǎ bù xiāng shí lit. don't fight, won't make friends (idiom) / an exchange of blows may lead to friendship / no discord, no concord
铁哥们 鐵哥們 tiě gē men (coll.) very close male friends
宾朋 賓朋 bīn péng guests / invited friends syn
故道 gù dào old road / old way / old course (of a river)
旧称 舊稱 jiù chēng old term / old way of referring to sth
裙带关系 裙帶關係 qún dài guān xi favoritism shown to sb because of the influence of the person's wife or other female relative / (by extension) favoritism towards relatives, friends or associates
州 zhōu prefecture / (old) province / (old) administrative division / state (e.g. of US) / oblast (Russia) / canton (Switzerland)
甲 jiǎ first of the ten Heavenly Stems 十天干[shi2 tian1 gan1] / (used for an unspecified person or thing) / first (in a list, as a party to a contract etc) / letter "A" or roman "I" in list "A, B, C", or "I, II, III" etc / armor plating / shell or carapace / (of the fingers or toes) nail / bladed leather or metal armor (old) / ranking system used in the Imperial examinations (old) / civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3 jia3] system (old) / ancient Chinese compass point: 75° syn
卢 盧 lú (old) rice vessel / black / old variant of 廬|庐[lu2] / (slang) (Tw) troublesome / fussy
京 jīng capital city of a country / big / algebraic term for a large number (old) / artificial mound (old) syn
岂 豈 kǎi old variant of 愷|恺[kai3] / old variant of 凱|凯[kai3] syn
曹 cáo class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) syn
蒸 zhēng to evaporate / (of cooking) to steam / torch made from hemp stalks or bamboo (old) / finely chopped firewood (old) syn
穆 mù solemn / reverent / calm / burial position in an ancestral tomb (old) / old variant of 默
轧 軋 gá to crush together (in a crowd) / to make friends / to check (accounts) syn
牧 mù to herd / to breed livestock / to govern (old) / government official (old) syn
青梅竹马 青梅竹馬 qīng méi zhú mǎ lit. green plums and hobby-horse (idiom) / fig. innocent children's games / childhood sweethearts / a couple who grew up as childhood friends syn
老东西 老東西 lǎo dōng xi (derog.) old fool / old bastard
廉 lián incorruptible / honest / inexpensive / to investigate (old) / side wall of a traditional Chinese house (old) syn
叟 sǒu old gentleman / old man syn
卿 qīng high ranking official (old) / term of endearment between spouses (old) / (from the Tang Dynasty onwards) term used by the emperor for his subjects (old) / honorific (old) syn
嬴 yíng old variant of 贏|赢[ying2], to win, to profit / old variant of 盈[ying2], full
牟 móu barley / to moo / to seek or obtain / old variant of 侔[mou2] / old variant of 眸[mou2] syn
哏 hěn old variant of 狠[hen3] / old variant of 很[hen3] / also used as an exclamation of anger syn
老马识途 老馬識途 lǎo mǎ shí tú an old horse knows the way (idiom) / an experienced worker knows what to do / an old hand knows the ropes syn
敌众我寡 敵衆我寡 dí zhòng wǒ guǎ multitude of enemies, few friends (idiom from Mencius) / heavily outnumbered / beaten by the weight of numbers syn
仗义疏财 仗義疏財 zhàng yì shū cái to help the needy for justice (idiom) / to be loyal to one's friends and generous to the needy syn
风流云散 風流雲散 fēng liú yún sàn lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom) / fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives) syn
桢 楨 zhēn (old) privet (genus Ligustrum) / (bound form) (old) wooden support placed at the ends of a wall during construction / (fig.) mainstay / pillar / backbone
俦 儔 chóu comrades / friends / companions syn
邕 yōng city surrounded by a moat / old variant of 雍[yong1] / old variant of 壅[yong1]
姒 sì wife or senior concubine of husbands older brother (old) / elder sister (old)
胙 zuò to grant or bestow / sacrificial flesh offered to the gods (old) / blessing / title of a sovereign (old)
锜 錡 qí three legged cauldron (old) / woodworking chisel (old)
那 nuó (archaic) many / beautiful / how / old variant of 挪[nuo2] syn
点 點 diǎn point / dot / drop / speck / o'clock / point (in space or time) / to draw a dot / to check on a list / to choose / to order (food in a restaurant) / to touch briefly / to hint / to light / to ignite / to pour a liquid drop by drop / (old) one fifth of a two-hour watch 更[geng1] / dot stroke in Chinese characters / classifier for items syn
话 諙 huà old variant of 話|话[hua4] syn
两 兩 liǎng two / both / some / a few / tael, unit of weight equal to 50 grams (modern) or 1⁄16 of a catty 斤[jin1] (old) syn
年 秊 nián grain / harvest (old) / variant of 年[nian2] syn
老 lǎo prefix used before the surname of a person or a numeral indicating the order of birth of the children in a family or to indicate affection or familiarity / old (of people) / venerable (person) / experienced / of long standing / always / all the time / of the past / very / outdated / (of meat etc) tough / unicode compatibility variant of 老 syn
女 rǔ old variant of 汝[ru3] syn
第 dì (prefix indicating ordinal number, as in 第六[di4-liu4] "sixth") / (literary) grades in which successful candidates in the imperial examinations were placed / (old) residence of a high official / (literary) but / however / (literary) only / just syn
令 lìng to order / to command / an order / warrant / writ / to cause / to make sth happen / virtuous / honorific title / season / government position (old) / type of short song or poem syn
往 wǎng old variant of 往[wang3] syn
法 灋 fǎ old variant of 法[fa3] / law syn
姑娘 gū niang girl / young woman / young lady / daughter / paternal aunt (old) / CL:個|个[ge4] syn
道 dào road / path (CL:條|条[tiao2],股[gu3]) / (bound form) way / reason / principle / (bound form) a skill / an art / a specialization / (Daoism) the Way / the Dao / to say (introducing a direct quotation, as in a novel) / (bound form) to express / to extend (polite words) / classifier for long thin things (rivers, cracks etc), barriers (walls, doors etc), questions (in an exam etc), commands, courses in a meal, steps in a process / (old) circuit (administrative division) syn
家人 jiā rén family member / (old) servant syn
师 師 shī teacher / master / expert / model / army division / (old) troops / to dispatch troops syn
夫 fū husband / man / manual worker / conscripted laborer (old) syn
保 bǎo to defend / to protect / to keep / to guarantee / to ensure / (old) civil administration unit in the baojia 保甲[bao3jia3] system syn
The four tones The four tones of Mandarin Pitch over time: tone 1 high and level (red), tone 2 rising (orange), tone 3 falling then rising (green), tone 4 falling (blue). tone 1 tone 2 tone 3 tone 4 Time Pitch

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