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老朋友

lǎo péng you · lao peng you

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

HSK 2

Meaning

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  1. old friend
  2. (slang) period
  3. menstruation

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

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; old (of people)

朋
péng

friend

友
yǒu

friend

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