战友 (zhàn yǒu) — comrade-in-arms

Definition

Examples

• 在一次演习中，我结识了一位战友。
  Zài yí cì yǎn xí zhōng, wǒ jié shí le yí wèi zhàn yǒu.
  I got to know a comrade-in-arms during a military exercise.
• 他们曾经是战友，现在还是很好的朋友。
  Tā men céng jīng shì zhàn yǒu, xiàn zài hái shì hěn hǎo de péng you.
  They used to be comrades-in-arms and are still good friends now.
• 每年的建军节，他都会和几位老战友聚会。
  Měi nián de jiàn jūn jié, tā dōu huì hé jǐ wèi lǎo zhàn yǒu jù huì.
  Every year on Army Day, he gets together with a few old comrades-in-arms.

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