我俩初中同学 他我发小
“We were junior high school classmates. He's my childhood friend.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
我男朋友叫何宇穹
“My boyfriend's name is He Yuqiong.”
我俩 初中同学 他我 发小
“We were junior high school classmates. He's my childhood friend.”
他也是我初恋
“He is also my first love.”
“We share a deep bond that goes back to our childhood, so our relationship is special and authentic.”
In Chinese culture, a 'faxiao' represents an untainted, uniquely trusted relationship forged before adult cynicism and social competition set in.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
childhood friend / bosom buddy who grew up together
A Northern Chinese colloquialism widely adopted nationally to describe intimate friends who have known each other since early youth.
junior high school classmates
Commonly used in spoken Chinese to define the origin of a long-standing friendship.
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
“Right, right. We grew up together.”
“Since middle school, they've been teammates and classmates.”
“I should've mentioned that we grew up together.”