Duō nián wèi jiàn, zhōngyú shōudào le lǎo yǒu de yīnxìn.
Not having met for many years, I finally received word from my old friend.
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usage
音信 is slightly literary/formal and often appears in negative constructions like 杳无音信 (yǎo wú yīnxìn) — 'to have no news whatsoever', or 音信全无 — 'completely no word'. In everyday speech, 消息 (xiāoxi) is more common.
