故旧不弃 / 故舊不棄

gù​jiù​bù​qì

do not neglect old friends

A reminder or instruction to not easily abandon or cast aside longtime friends and associates; originally from the [[论语|論語|lun2 yu3]]

故旧 (literal) → 故旧/故舊 · gù​jiù · old friends 不弃 (literal) → 不弃/不棄 · bù​qì · to not look down on

Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

created sense May 20, 2026, 07:58 PM