Wǒmen dìyī cì jiànmiàn, tā wò zhe wǒ de shǒu shuō: " jiǔyǎng dàmíng, jīntiān zhōngyú jiàndào nín le. "
When we first met, he shook my hand and said: "I've long heard of you, and today at last I get to meet you."
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A formal courtesy on first meeting; the modest reply is 不敢当 "you flatter me". Among friends it can sound stiff or teasing. The short form 久仰 is often doubled: 久仰久仰.