renew old friendship; mend fences
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 5 examplesverb
to renew old friendship; to mend a broken relationship
formalUsed for relationships that were broken and are now being mended. The tone is formal, often used in a diplomatic or significant personal context.
Wù误
huì会
xiāo消
chú除
hòu后
，
liǎng两
wèi位
lǎo老
péng朋
you友
zhōng终
yú于
chóng重
xiū修
jiù旧
hǎo好
le了
。
After the misunderstanding was cleared up, the two old friends finally renewed their friendship.
Liǎng两
guó国
jīng经
guò过
duō多
lún轮
tán谈
pàn判
，
jué决
dìng定
chóng重
xiū修
jiù旧
hǎo好
，
jiàn建
lì立
xīn新
de的
huǒ伙
bàn伴
guān关
xì系
。
After several rounds of negotiations, the two countries decided to mend their relations and establish a new partnership.
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Tā他
men们
chǎo吵
le了
shí十
nián年
，
zuì最
jìn近
cái才
chóng重
xiū修
jiù旧
hǎo好
。
They argued for ten years and only recently mended their friendship.
Zhè这
duì对
xiōng兄
di弟
yīn因
wèi为
yí遗
chǎn产
wèn问
tí题
nào闹
fān翻
，
dàn但
zài在
fù父
qīn亲
bìng病
zhòng重
shí时
xuǎn选
zé择
le了
chóng重
xiū修
jiù旧
hǎo好
。
The brothers fell out over inheritance issues, but chose to reconcile when their father became seriously ill.
Gōng公
sī司
de的
liǎng两
wèi位
chuàng创
shǐ始
rén人
chóng重
xiū修
jiù旧
hǎo好
，
gòng共
tóng同
dài带
lǐng领
tuán团
duì队
zǒu走
xiàng向
xīn新
de的
chéng成
gōng功
。
The company's two co-founders reconciled and worked together to lead the team to new success.