旧故

舊故
jiùgù
  1. old friend
  2. former acquaintance

CEDICT

  1. (literary) old acquaintance; old friend
  2. old acquaintance; old friend

Wiktionary

  1. 交往已久的朋友。
  2. 老人。汉．班固《白虎通．卷七．三纲六纪》：「舅者，旧也；姑者，故也。旧故之者，老人之称也。」也作「旧好」、「旧交」。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 旧 jiù
  1. old
  2. opposite: new 新
  3. former
  4. worn (with age)
2 故 gù
  1. happening
  2. instance
  3. reason
  4. cause
  5. intentional
  6. former
  7. old
  8. friend
  9. therefore
  10. hence
  11. (of people) to die, dead

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故人 gùrén
  1. old friend
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故友 gùyǒu
  1. old friend
  2. deceased friend
老友 lǎoyǒu
  1. old friend
  2. sb who passed the county level imperial exam (in Ming dynasty)
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

旧交 jiùjiāo
  1. old friend
  2. former acquaintance
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