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久違

简久违 · 繁久違

Mandarin · pinyin jiǔ wéi

(haven't done sth) for a long time
a long time since we last met

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久: jiǔ · long time (ago); time passage, grow late
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违: wéi · disobey, violate, defy; be apart from

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3–2 · jiu3 wei2

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gau2 wai4

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verb

(polite) to have not met for a long time; to have not done something for a while

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