老友

lǎoyǒu
  1. old friend
  2. sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)

CEDICT

old friend; old pal

Wiktionary

  1. 相交多年情感深厚的朋友。
  2. 童生應試入了學，稱為「老友」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 老 lǎo
  1. 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
  2. old (of people)
  3. venerable (person)
  4. experienced
  5. of long standing
  6. always
  7. all the time
  8. of the past
  9. very
  10. outdated
  11. (of meat etc) tough
2 友 yǒu friend

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故人 gùrén
  1. old friend
  2. the deceased
故友 gùyǒu
  1. old friend
  2. deceased friend
老朋友 lǎopéngyou
  1. old friend
  2. (slang) period
  3. menstruation
我们是老朋友了。

We're friends from way back.

We're old friends.

Source: Tatoeba

舊交 jiùjiāo
  1. old friend
  2. former acquaintance
舊友 jiùyǒu old friend
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