交朋友
jiāo péng you
Pinyin

Definition

交朋友
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jiāo péng you
  1. to make friends
  2. (dialect) to start an affair with sb

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

好友
hǎo yǒu
  1. 1 close friend
  2. 2 pal
  3. 3 (social networking website) friend
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
朋友
péng you
  1. 1 friend
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 位 wèi
交
jiāo
  1. 1 to hand over
  2. 2 to deliver
  3. 3 to pay (money)
  4. 4 to turn over
  5. 5 to make friends
  6. 6 to intersect (lines)
  7. 7 variant: 跤 jiāo
交代
jiāo dài
  1. 1 to hand over
  2. 2 to explain
  3. 3 to make clear
  4. 4 to brief (sb)
  5. 5 to account for
  6. 6 to justify oneself
  7. 7 to confess
  8. 8 (coll.) to finish
交卷
jiāo juàn
  1. 1 to hand in one's examination script

Idioms (20)

一手交钱，一手交货
yī shǒu jiāo qián , yī shǒu jiāo huò
  1. 1 lit. one hand exchanges the cash, the other the goods (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to pay for what you want in cash
  3. 3 simple and direct transaction
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)
交口称誉
jiāo kǒu chēng yù
  1. 1 voices unanimous in praise (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
交浅言深
jiāo qiǎn yán shēn
  1. 1 to talk intimately while being comparative strangers (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你不要跟不三不四的人交朋友。
nǐ bù yào gēn bùsānbùsì de rén jiāo péngyou 。
You don't want to be friends with someone shady.
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我都害怕这样下去孩子会性格内向，不会交朋友。
wǒ dōu hàipà zhèyàng xiàqù háizi huì xìnggé nèixiàng ，bù huì jiāo péngyou 。
I'm worried that at this rate my child will have an introverted personality and won't be able to make friends.
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我们都是帮子女来相亲的。他们工作忙，没时间交朋友。你看，这是我女儿。
wǒmen dōu shì bāng zǐnǚ lái xiāngqīn de 。tāmen gōngzuò máng ，méi shíjiān jiāo péngyou 。nǐ kàn ，zhè shì wǒ nǚ\'ér 。
We're all here to set up our sons and daughters with dates. They're busy working and have no time to meet people. Take a look. This is my daughter.
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