|  |  | child; kid (used to refer to a child, or by an adult to address a child, or, in Taiwan, to refer to sb's own child)  / CL: 個|个 | HSK 1 | 
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|  |  | boyfriend  | HSK 1 | 
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|  |  | girlfriend  | HSK 1 | 
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|  |  | close friend  /  pal  /  (social networking website) friend  / CL: 個|个 | HSK 4 | 
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|  |  | online friend  / netizen; Internet user  | HSK 1 | 
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|  |  | old friend  / (slang) period  / menstruation  | HSK 2 | 
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|  |  | to make friends  / (dialect) to start an affair with sb  | HSK 2 | 
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|  |  | friends and relatives  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | friends and family  / kith and kin  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | good friend  / (slang) a visit from Aunt Flo (menstrual period)  |  | 
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|  |  | fan  / zealot  |  | 
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|  |  | comrade-in-arms  / battle companion  | HSK 6 | 
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|  |  | friend  |  | 
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|  |  | friend from whom you can seek advice  |  | 
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|  |  | to rely on the help of relatives and friends  |  | 
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|  |  | to convert an enemy into a friend (idiom)  |  | 
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|  |  | helpful friend  / wise companion  |  | 
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|  |  | schoolmate  / alumnus  / alumna  |  | 
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|  |  | (Internet slang) friend (pun on 朋友 )  |  | 
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|  |  | dormitory roommate  |  | 
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|  |  | ex-girlfriend  |  | 
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|  |  | (slang) friend with benefits  / casual sex partner  |  | 
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|  |  | Sumitomo, Japanese company  |  | 
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|  |  | (idiom) to be both friend and foe to each other; to have a friendly rivalry  |  | 
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|  |  | lit. blog friend  |  | 
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|  |  | odd-job worker (janitor, groundsman etc) at a school or government office  / (old) worker  / fellow worker  |  | 
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|  |  | boyfriend  |  | 
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|  |  | listener (of a radio program etc)  |  | 
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|  |  | to make friends  |  | 
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|  |  | (coll.) to be a true friend  |  | 
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|  |  | close friend  |  | 
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|  |  | to make friends  / to meet friends  / member of the same organization  |  | 
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|  |  | ally  | HSK 7-9 | 
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|  |  | to be dating sb  |  | 
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|  |  | (saying) a boneheaded teammate can do you more harm than the most formidable opponent  |  | 
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|  |  | Jacky Cheung or Hok Yau Jacky (1961-), Cantopop and film star  |  | 
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|  |  | good friend  / companion  |  | 
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|  |  | to seek new friends through personal ads, dating apps etc  |  | 
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|  |  | our peasant friends (political term used in the early years of the Old Democratic Revolution, 1840-1919)  / (Tw) (coll.) farmer  |  | 
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|  |  | backpacker  / travel buddy  |  | 
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|  |  | to call on friends and relations (idiom)  |  | 
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|  |  | ex-boyfriend  |  | 
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|  |  | one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)  |  | 
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|  |  | old friend  |  | 
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|  |  | intimate friend  / close friend  |  | 
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|  |  | roommate  |  | 
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|  |  | a friend made in hospital or people who become friends in hospital  / wardmate  |  | 
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|  |  | virtuous companions and worthy friends  |  | 
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|  |  | revered friend  |  | 
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|  |  | diabetes sufferer  |  | 
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|  |  | to neglect one's friends when smitten with a new love  |  | 
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|  |  | pen pal  |  | 
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|  |  | schoolmate; classmate  |  | 
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|  |  | teammate; fellow team member  |  | 
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|  |  | (slang) very close same-sex friend  / gay partner  |  | 
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|  |  | intimate friend  |  | 
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|  |  | Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist  |  | 
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|  |  | Twitter user  |  | 
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|  |  | fuck buddy  / friend with benefits  |  | 
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|  |  | friends; cronies  |  | 
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|  |  | one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)  |  | 
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|  |  | Friends of Nature (Chinese environmental NGO)  |  | 
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|  |  | church member  |  | 
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|  |  | old friend  / sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)  |  | 
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|  |  | a friend capable of direct admonition  |  | 
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|  |  | relatives and friends  |  | 
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|  |  | (slang) incompetent teammate, coworker etc  |  | 
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|  |  | to visit one's friends and relatives  |  | 
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|  |  | old friend  / deceased friend  |  | 
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|  |  | inmate  / cellmate  |  | 
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|  |  | to visit friends and relations (idiom)  |  | 
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|  |  | bad friend  |  | 
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|  |  | an amateur actor (e.g. in Chinese opera)  |  | 
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|  |  | a pack of rogues (idiom); a gang of scoundrels  |  | 
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|  |  | (ball game) enthusiast (player)  / golf buddy (or tennis buddy etc)  |  | 
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|  |  | fitness enthusiast; gym-goer  |  | 
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|  |  | girlfriend  |  | 
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|  |  | speed dating  |  | 
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|  |  | lit. drinking buddy (idiom)  / fig. fair-weather friend  |  | 
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|  |  | to put on a friendly face  |  | 
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|  |  | classmate  / fellow student  |  | 
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|  |  | photography enthusiast  / friend with benefits  |  | 
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|  |  | paying more attention to a lover than friends (idiom)  / to value sex over friendship  |  | 
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|  |  | MySpace (social networking website)  |  | 
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|  |  | to show brotherly love for friends  |  | 
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|  |  | drinking buddy  |  | 
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|  |  | gentle  / good-natured  |  | 
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|  |  | religious investigator  |  | 
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|  |  | dissolute companions  / disreputable comrades  |  | 
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|  |  | singles seeking marriage partners  / in-laws and friends  |  | 
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|  |  | good teacher and helpful friend (idiom); mentor  |  | 
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|  |  | member of a group who have gone through some experience in the same year  |  | 
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|  |  | blind person; visually-impaired person  |  | 
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