别来无恙

別來無恙
biélái-wúyàng
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 I trust you have been well since we parted
  2. 2 how have you been all this time?

Examples

HSK 3
Lǎopéngyou, hǎojiǔ bújiàn, biélái-wúyàng?
Old friend, long time no see. I trust you've been well?
HSK 7-9
Èrshí nián hòu liǎng rén zài chēzhàn chóngféng, tā wò zhe tā de shǒu wèn: " biélái-wúyàng? "
Twenty years later the two met again at the station, and he took her hand and asked: "Have you been well all this time?"

Tips

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恙 is an old word for illness or harm, so the greeting literally asks "no illness since we parted?". It sounds literary, warm in a letter and playful in speech; everyday Chinese says 好久不见.

Stroke Order

别 bié
来 lái
无 wú
恙 yàng