故友
gù yǒu
Pinyin

Definition

故友
 - 
gù yǒu
  1. old friend
  2. deceased friend

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

好友
hǎo yǒu
  1. 1 close friend
  2. 2 pal
  3. 3 (social networking website) friend
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
故事
gù shì
  1. 1 old practice
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
朋友
péng you
  1. 1 friend
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
世故
shì gù
  1. 1 the ways of the world
事故
shì gù
  1. 1 accident
  2. 2 CL:樁|桩[zhuāng],起[qǐ],次[cì]
交友
jiāo yǒu
  1. 1 to make friends
博友
bó yǒu
  1. 1 lit. blog friend
友
yǒu
  1. 1 friend
友人
yǒu rén
  1. 1 friend
友好
Yǒu hǎo
  1. 1 Youhao district of Yichun city 伊春市[Yī chūn shì], Heilongjiang
友情
yǒu qíng
  1. 1 friendly feelings
  2. 2 friendship
友谊
yǒu yì
  1. 1 companionship
  2. 2 fellowship
  3. 3 friendship
基友
jī yǒu
  1. 1 (slang) very close same-sex friend
  2. 2 gay partner
女友
nu:3 yǒu
  1. 1 girlfriend
女朋友
nu:3 péng you
  1. 1 girlfriend
室友
shì yǒu
  1. 1 roommate
小朋友
xiǎo péng yǒu
  1. 1 child
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
损友
sǔn yǒu
  1. 1 bad friend
故
gù
  1. 1 happening
  2. 2 instance
  3. 3 reason
  4. 4 cause
  5. 5 intentional
  6. 6 former
  7. 7 old
  8. 8 friend
  9. 9 therefore
  10. 10 hence
  11. 11 (of people) to die, dead
故意
gù yì
  1. 1 deliberately
  2. 2 on purpose

Idioms (20)

一改故辙
yī gǎi gù zhé
  1. 1 complete change from the old rut (idiom); dramatic change of direction
  2. 2 a volte-face
  3. 3 to change old practices
不怕神一样的对手，就怕猪一样的队友
bù pà shén yī yàng de duì shǒu , jiù pà zhū yī yàng de duì yǒu
  1. 1 a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent (idiom)
串亲访友
chuàn qīn fǎng yǒu
  1. 1 to call on friends and relations (idiom)
他乡遇故知
tā xiāng yù gù zhī
  1. 1 meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
依然如故
yī rán rú gù
  1. 1 back to where we were (idiom); absolutely no improvement
  2. 2 Things haven't changed at all.
依然故我
yī rán gù wǒ
  1. 1 to be one's old self (idiom)
  2. 2 to be unchanged
  3. 3 (derog.) to be stuck in one's ways
化敌为友
huà dí wéi yǒu
  1. 1 to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
吐故纳新
tǔ gù nà xīn
  1. 1 lit. to breathe out stale air and breathe in fresh (idiom, from Zhuangzi 庄子); fig. to get rid of the old and bring in the new
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
在家靠父母，出门靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū mén kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
多个朋友多条路
duō gè péng yǒu duō tiáo lù
  1. 1 the more friends you have, the more options you have in life (idiom)
挚友良朋
zhì yǒu liáng péng
  1. 1 intimate friend and companion (idiom)
攀亲道故
pān qīn dào gù
  1. 1 to use claims to kinship or friendship to climb socially (idiom)
故地重游
gù dì chóng yóu
  1. 1 to revisit old haunts (idiom); down memory lane
故步自封
gù bù zì fēng
  1. 1 stuck in the old ways (idiom); refusing to acknowledge new ideas
  2. 2 stagnating and conservative
明知故犯
míng zhī gù fàn
  1. 1 deliberate violation (idiom); intentional crime
朋友妻不可欺
péng you qī bù kě qī
  1. 1 you should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)
温故知新
wēn gù zhī xīn
  1. 1 to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
  2. 2 to recall the past to understand the future
温故而知新
wēn gù ér zhī xīn
  1. 1 to review the old and know the new (idiom, from the Analects)
  2. 2 to recall the past to understand the future
无缘无故
wú yuán wú gù
  1. 1 no cause, no reason (idiom); completely uncalled for

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