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交朋友

jiāo péngyou

“To make friends” in Chinese is 交朋友 (jiāo péngyou).

Meaning

  • to make friends
  • (dialect) to start an affair with sb

Example

你买不来朋友,你只能交朋友。

You cannot buy friends, you can only make friends.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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