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老朋友

lǎo péng you · lao peng you

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Meaning

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  1. old friend
  2. (slang) period
  3. menstruation
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In a conversation

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An old friend at the market

  1. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)看(kàn)，我(wǒ)的(de)老朋友(lǎopéngyou)！

    Look, my old friend!

  2. Liangliang

    谁(shéi)？

    Who?

  3. Dengdeng

    那个(nàge)卖(mài)糖葫芦(tánghúlu)的(de)老板(lǎobǎn)。

    The man who sells candied hawthorn.

  4. Liangliang

    你们(nǐmen)认识(rènshi)多久(duōjiǔ)了(le)？

    How long have you known him?

  5. Dengdeng

    十年(shínián)，我(wǒ)每个(měigè)星期(xīngqī)都(dōu)来(lái)。

    Ten years. I come every week.

  6. Liangliang

    老朋友(lǎopéngyou)，那(nà)他(tā)给(gěi)你(nǐ)便宜点(piányidiǎn)吗(ma)？

    An old friend! Does he give you a discount?

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

很(hěn)幸(xìng)运(yùn)地(de)，我(wǒ)在(zài)机(jī)场(chǎng)遇(yù)到(dào)了(le)我(wǒ)的(de)老(lǎo)朋(péng)友(you)。

Quite by chance, I met my old friend at the airport.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by CM · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

我(wǒ)那(nà)天(tiān)碰(pèng)到(dào)了(le)我(wǒ)其(qí)中(zhōng)的(de)一(yí)个(gè)老(lǎo)朋(péng)友(you)。

I met an old friend of mine the other day.

Tatoeba: Chinese by U2FS · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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老
lǎo

old (of people); venerable; always; very

朋
péng

friend

友
yǒu

friend

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