阔别

闊別
kuòbié
verb #47,888

Meanings

  1. 1 to be apart for a long time
  2. 2 long separated

Examples

HSK 2
Wǒmen yǐjīng kuòbié shí nián le.
We haven't seen each other for ten years.
HSK 7-9
Kuòbié duō nián de liǎng wèi lǎo tóngxué zhōngyú chóngféng le.
Two old classmates who had been apart for many years finally met again.

Tips

usage
阔别 is written and takes a span of time after it (阔别多年, "apart for many years"), or describes a place or person one returns to after a long absence. In speech people say 好久不见.

Stroke Order

阔 kuò
别 bié