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别来无恙 I Trust You've Been Well

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ID: 2926 Advanced
婚礼是现代人最熟悉的一种社交场合，如果是老同学的婚礼，那跟同学会也就差不多了，这种时候，往往会遇到十几年，甚至几十年没见的朋友，也不乏认识新朋友的机会，让我们一起来听听他们说些什么吧！ Photo by Katsu Nojiri
Thu Jul 21 2016 | Constance Fang, Fiona Tian
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久违 jiǔwéi long time no see
别来无恙 biéláiwúyàng to hope someone has been well
老实 lǎoshi honest
体制内 tǐzhì nèi in the government; in the system
哎呦，这不是我们老班长吗？久违久违，这毕业十几年没见了吧，别来无恙啊！
āiyōu ，zhè bùshì wǒmen lǎo bānzhǎng ma ？jiǔwéi jiǔwéi ，zhè bìyè shíjǐ nián méi jiàn le ba ，biéláiwúyàng ā ！
Hey, well if it isn't that my old class president! It's been such a long time. We haven't met in the decade or so since graduation, no? I trust you've been doing well!
别来无恙、别来无恙，我啊就老老实实体制内呆着，安安份份做个小公务员，我们贺总呢，在哪儿高就？
biéláiwúyàng 、biéláiwúyàng ，wǒ ā jiù lǎolǎoshíshi tǐzhì nèi dāizhe ，ānānfènfen zuò gè xiǎo gōngwùyuán ，wǒmen Hè zǒng ne ，zài nǎr gāojiù ？
I hope you've been well too, I myself have been just been pushing papers in the system, with a secure job as a minor civil servant. What about you, He Xiao, where do you work?
嗨，还不是响应国家号召下海经商，自主创业去了。
hāi ，háibùshì xiǎngyìng guójiā hàozhào xiàhǎi jīngshāng ，zìzhǔ chuàngyè qù le 。
Hey, I've responded to the government calls to take up trade and set up my own business.
这行当适合您啊，敢创新、有魄力头脑又转得快！做生意正好！
zhè hángdang shìhé nín ā ，gǎn chuàngxīn 、yǒu pòlì tóunǎo yòu zhuàn de kuài ！zuò shēngyi zhènghǎo ！
That kind of career suits you very well. Given your courage in innovation, along with your drive, brains and adaptability, you're perfectly suited to doing business!
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