好久不见，你最近怎么样？
Long time no see, how have you been?
好久
(coll.) for a long time
adjective HSK 3.0 · Band 3
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好
久
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好
久
- 不久bùjiǔnot long (after)B3
- 久jiǔ(of a period of time) longB3
- 长久chángjiǔlong-timeB5
- 久远jiǔyuǎnlastingB5
- 悠久yōujiǔlong (tradition, history etc)B5
- 持久chíjiǔlastingB6
- 经久不息jīngjiǔ-bùxī(idiom) prolonged (applause, cheering etc)B7
See it in sentences
我等了好久，车才来。
I waited for a long time before the bus came.