女性朋友
“A female friend, not exactly a girlfriend.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
怎么样
“How is she?”
女性朋友
“A female friend, not exactly a girlfriend.”
算不上女朋友
“A female friend, not exactly a girlfriend.”
“Don't jump to conclusions, she is just a friend who is a girl.”
In Chinese, saying '女性朋友' specifically avoids the romantic ambiguity of '女朋友' (girlfriend) when setting conversational boundaries.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
female friend (platonic)
Use this specific term to deliberately distinguish a platonic female friend from a romantic girlfriend (女朋友).
VOCABULARY & EXPRESSIONS
Parallel Spoken Cinema Scenes (语义近邻切片)
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