一见如故 (yī jiàn rú gù) — to feel like old friends at the first meeting; to hit it off immediately
Definition
Chengyu meaning 'feel like old friends at first meeting' — two strangers connect instantly as if they'd known each other for years. Used for people, never objects.
idiom
to feel like old friends at the first meetingto hit it off immediately
Examples
- ，一见如故，。Wǒ men suī rán dì yī cì jiàn miàn, dàn yī jiàn rú gù, liáo dé fēi cháng kāi xīn.Although we met for the first time, we felt like old friends and had a wonderful chat.
- 一见如故，。Tā men liǎ yī jiàn rú gù, hěn kuài jiù chéng le zuì hǎo de péng you.The two of them hit it off immediately and soon became best friends.
- 一见如故，。Zhè wèi xīn tóng shì hé dà jiā yī jiàn rú gù, dà jiā dōu xǐ huan tā.This new colleague felt like an old friend to everyone, and everyone likes him.
Origin
Compound word构词法gòucífǎ
主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate
A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.
一见 means 'one meeting', and 如故 says it feels like an old acquaintance.
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