老朋友
lǎo péng you
Pinyin

Definition

老朋友
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lǎo péng you
  1. old friend
  2. (slang) period
  3. menstruation

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
老
lǎo
  1. 1 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
  2. 2 old (of people)
  3. 3 venerable (person)
  4. 4 experienced
  5. 5 of long standing
  6. 6 always
  7. 7 all the time
  8. 8 of the past
  9. 9 very
  10. 10 outdated
  11. 11 (of meat etc) tough
老公
lǎo gōng
  1. 1 (coll.) husband
老婆
lǎo pó
  1. 1 (coll.) wife

Idioms (20)

一粒老鼠屎坏了一锅粥
yī lì lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō zhōu
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of congee (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
一颗老鼠屎坏了一锅汤
yī kē lǎo shǔ shǐ huài le yī guō tāng
  1. 1 lit. a piece of rat feces spoiled the whole pot of soup (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one bad apple can spoil the whole bunch
上有老下有小
shàng yǒu lǎo xià yǒu xiǎo
  1. 1 lit. above are the elderly, below are the young (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to have to take care of both one's aging parents and one's children
  3. 3 sandwich generation
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)
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril

Sample Sentences

昨天我见了我的老朋友。
zuótiān wǒ jiàn le wǒ de lǎopéngyou 。
Yesterday, I met my old friend.
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见到我以前的老朋友，我真的是十分惊喜。十年过去了，但他的模样却一点儿也没变。
jiàndào wǒ yǐqián de lǎopéngyou ，wǒ zhēnde shì shífēn jīngxǐ 。shí nián guòqù le ，dàn tā de múyàng què yīdiǎnr yě méi biàn 。
I was really surprised to see my old friend. Ten years have passed, but his appearance has not changed a bit.
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中国人觉得叫"老外"还是比较亲切的。好像是我的老朋友。
Zhōngguórén juéde jiào "lǎowài "háishì bǐjiào qīnqiè de 。hǎoxiàng shì wǒ de lǎo péngyou 。
Chinese people feel that “lǎowài” is an affectionate expression. It's like this person's my old friend.
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天哪！你自己的公司都上市啦？太了不起了！怪不得这么久都不联系我。大概是忘了我这个老朋友了。
tiān na ！nǐ zìjǐ de gōngsī dōu shàngshì la ？tài liǎobuqǐ le ！guàibude zhème jiǔ dōu bù liánxì wǒ 。dàgài shì wàng le wǒ zhège lǎopéngyou le 。
Oh my! Your own company got listed on the stock market? That’s amazing! No wonder you haven’t gotten in touch with me for so long. You have probably forgotten your old friend.
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看来他真的挺厉害！我们是老朋友。
kànlai tā zhēnde tǐng lìhai ！wǒmen shì lǎopéngyou 。
It seems he really is pretty amazing! We’re old friends.
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老朋友？我怎么没听你说过有这么一个老朋友？你们很熟吗？
lǎopéngyou ？wǒ zěnme méi tīng nǐ shuō guo yǒu zhème yī ge lǎopéngyou ？nǐmen hěn shú ma ？
Old friends? How come I haven’t heard you said you have this kind of old friend before? Are you very close?
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哪个老朋友？
nǎge lǎo péngyou ？
Which old friend?
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上星期我见到那个老朋友了。
shàng xīngqī wǒ jiàndào nàge lǎo péngyou le 。
Last week, I saw that old friend.
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老朋友
lǎo péngyou
Old friend.
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想跟她的人多了，我们是老朋友，我才把机会给你。
xiǎng to follow tā de rén duō le ，wǒmen shì lǎo péngyou ，wǒ cái bǎ jīhuì gěi nǐ 。
A lot of people want to work with her. I'm only giving you this opportunity because we're old friends.
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