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忘年之交

Mandarin · pinyin wàng nián zhī jiāo

(idiom) friends with a significant age gap

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忘: wàng · forget; neglect; miss, omit
年: nián · year; new-years; person's age
之: zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
交: jiāo · mix; intersect; exchange, communicate; deliver

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4–2–1–1 · wang4 nian2 zhi1 jiao1

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noun

synonym of 忘年交 (wàngniánjiāo)

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