告别
Traditional 告別
Meaning
CC-CEDICT- to leave; to part from
- to bid farewell to; to say goodbye to
In a conversation
0:19 cartoonSaying goodbye to a neighbour
- Liangliang
王奶奶明天搬走了，我们去跟她告别吧。
Grandma Wang moves away tomorrow. Let us go say goodbye to her.
- Dengdeng
好，我买了一袋橘子。
Okay. I bought a bag of oranges.
- Liangliang
告别的时候别哭啊。
Do not cry when we say goodbye.
- Qiqi
你们要跟谁告别？
Who are you going to say goodbye to?
- Dengdeng
王奶奶，她明天搬走。
Grandma Wang. She moves away tomorrow.
- Qiqi
她只是搬到对面的楼啊。
She is only moving to the building across the way.
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In a sentence
2 examples他向学生们告别了。
He said his goodbyes to the pupils.
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毕业那天，我们互相告别。
On graduation day, we said goodbye to each other.
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