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friend / CL: 個|个,
HSK 1
close friend / pal / (social networking website) friend / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
online friend / netizen; Internet user
HSK 1
friendly; amicable / close friend
HSK 2
old friend / (slang) period / menstruation
HSK 2
acquaintance / friend
HSK 3
friend
HSK 7-9
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  *故* | 故* | *故
happening / instance / reason / cause / intentional / former / old / friend / therefore / hence / (of people) to die, dead
HSK 7-9
good friend / (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)
(dialect) close childhood friend whom one grew up with / a couple who grew up as childhood friends
(slang) very close friend; bro
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *友* | 友* | *友
friend
new knowledge / new friend
friend from whom you can seek advice
to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)
helpful friend / wise companion
close friend in a distant land, far-flung realms as next door / close in spirit although far away
(Internet slang) friend (pun on 朋友)
to feel as if it had happened to oneself / to sympathize / (polite expression of gratitude for a favor received by a friend etc) I take it as a personal favor
(slang) friend with benefits / casual sex partner
innate sense of right and wrong / conscience / bosom friend
to know oneself / to be intimate or close / intimate friend
HSK 7-9
(idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry
lit. blog friend
uncle (affectionate name for a friend older than one's father) / old friend
former acquaintance / old friend
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *朋* | 朋* | *朋
friend
(coll.) to be a true friend
close friend
a true gentleman will sacrifice his life for a friend who understands him, as a woman makes herself beautiful for her sweetheart
to visit a prisoner (usu. a relative or friend)
(literary) to break off relations with a friend / to sever ties with sb
the five Confucian relationships (ruler-subject, father-son, brother-brother, husband-wife, friend-friend)
(slang) (Tw) close friend / best pal / to get along well / to be tight / congenial
contemporary / modern person / close friend / associate / intimate
good friend / companion
intimate friend and companion (idiom)
old friend / the deceased
(long time) friend of the family
close female friend / confidante
old friend / former acquaintance
a friend in times of tribulations (idiom); a friend in need is a friend indeed
old friend
(honorific written address) My dear friend
intimate friend / close friend
to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom); to turn against a friend
a close friend over many years
fellow soldier / comrade / companion / intimate friend
a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital / wardmate
(slang) very close friend / bro
revered friend
friend or foe? (quote from 沙家浜) (蔣|蒋 here refers to Chiang Kai-shek 蔣介石|蒋介石 and refers to Wang Jingwei 汪精衛|汪精卫)
to quote; to cite / to recommend (a friend, an associate etc)
(female usage) older brother (loanword from Korean "oppa") / male friend
former acquaintance / old friend
(slang) very close same-sex friend / gay partner
to forget favors and violate justice (idiom); ingratitude to a friend / to kick a benefactor in the teeth
intimate friend
to look up and see no-one familiar (idiom); not having anyone to rely on / without a friend in the world
brother (polite appellation for a friend one's age)
fuck buddy / friend with benefits
you should not covet your friend's wife (idiom)
intimate friend / soul mate
to defend sb (a relative, friend or oneself) despite knowing that that person is in the wrong
intimate friend
old friend / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
best friend
lit. neither a relative nor a friend (idiom) / fig. unrelated to one another in any way
old acquaintance / former friend
to consider sb as close friend (idiom); to take into one's confidence
a friend capable of direct admonition
(honorific written address to younger man) My dear young friend
old friend / deceased friend
close male friend / confidant
bad friend
to be intimate / close friend / paramour
old friend / correct interpretation
to turn one's face against sb and show no mercy (idiom); to turn against a friend
(coll.) (a woman's) close female friend / bestie / (originally written 閨密|闺密, an abbr. for 閨中密友|闺中密友)
(idiom) childhood friend
lit. drinking buddy (idiom) / fig. fair-weather friend
Goofy (friend of Mickey Mouse)
person and lute have both vanished (idiom) / death of a close friend
(idiom) childhood friend
photography enthusiast / friend with benefits
best friend
(literary) to be separated (from a friend, one's homeland etc) for a period of time
(Internet slang) to add a friend (on a social network etc)
old friend / former acquaintance
meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom)
good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor
childhood friend (idiom)


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