他們是非常親密的朋友。

They're very close friends.

Source: Tatoeba

Sentence Composition

1 他們 tāmen they; them
2 是非 shìfēi
  1. right and wrong
  2. quarrel
=3 常 Cháng surname Chang
=3 常 cháng
  1. always
  2. ever
  3. often
  4. frequently
  5. common
  6. general
  7. constant
4 親密 qīnmì
  1. intimate
  2. close
=5 的 de
  1. of; ~'s (possessive particle)
  2. (used after an attribute when it modifies a noun)
  3. (used at the end of a declarative sentence for emphasis)
  4. (used after a noun, verb or adjective to form a nominal expression, as in 皮革的 pígéde "one made of leather" or 跑堂儿的 pǎotángrde "a waiter (literally, one who runs back and forth in a restaurant)" or 新的 xīnde "new one")
  5. also pr. dì or di in poetry and songs
=5 的 dī a taxi; a cab (abbr. for 的士 dīshì)
=5 的 dí really and truly
=5 的 dì (bound form) bull's-eye; target
=6 朋友 péngyou friend

classifiers: 個, 位
=6 朋友 péngyǒu
  1. (archaic) large number of retainers
  2. (archaic, Ming dynasty) designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  3. designation given by government bureaucrats to Confucian students
  4. large number of retainers