老朋友
Meaning
- old friend
- (slang) period
- menstruation
Example sentence
我们是老朋友。
We're friends from way back.
Characters in 老朋友
- 老 lǎo 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
- 朋 péng friend
- 友 yǒu friend, friendly
老 here means long-standing rather than aged, plus 朋友 friend. The same 老 as in 老家 and 老板.