朋友 : friend, CL:個|... : péng you | Definition | Mandarin Chinese Pinyin English Dictionary

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朋友

péng you
friend CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4]

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女朋友

nǚ péng you
female friend girlfriend

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小朋友

xiǎo péng yǒu
child CL:個|个[ge4]

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男朋友

nán péng you
boyfriend

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好朋友

hǎo péng you
good friend (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)

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交朋友

jiāo péng you
to make friends (dialect) to start an affair with sb

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老朋友

lǎo péng you
old friend (slang) period menstruation

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酒肉朋友

jiǔ ròu péng you
lit. a friend when wining and dining (idiom); fair-weather friend

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患难之交才是真正的朋友 Trad. 患難之交纔是真正的朋友

huàn nàn zhī jiāo cái shì zhēn zhèng de péng you
a friend in need is a friend indeed (English proverb) cf idiom 患難之交|患难之交, a friend in need
够朋友 Trad. 夠朋友

gòu péng you
(coll.) to be a true friend

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女朋友

nǚ péng you
girlfriend

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朋友妻不可欺

péng you qī bù kě qī
you should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)
谈朋友 Trad. 談朋友

tán péng you
to be dating sb

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