HEYGOW

First meetings

10 phrases

These are the formulas of a first handshake, and they are older and more ceremonious than the rest of this category. 久仰大名 - "I have long admired your name" - is flattery with a fixed shape, expected rather than believed. 请多多关照 asks for the other person's future goodwill, and has no natural English equivalent; the nearest thing is a bow.