Meeting the in laws again: Health and well-being

💬 [不见] literally means "not see," but in [好久不见] it means "haven't seen each other" as a set greeting. You'll see the same plain [不 + verb] pattern elsewhere too, like [不去] "not go" or [不吃] "not eat".

💬 [好久不见] is a fixed way to say "long time no see," not a full sentence you'd build word by word in the usual way. Learn it as a chunk, like [明天见] "see you tomorrow."

💬 [怎么样] is a handy all-purpose "how is/how about" question word. Put a topic before it to ask about that thing: [工作怎么样？] "How's work?", [身体怎么样？] "How's your health?"

💬 Chinese often leaves out "you" when it's obvious, so [最近怎么样？] naturally means "How have you been lately?" You can use the same pattern with other time words too: [今天怎么样？] "How's today going?"

💬 [身体怎么样] follows a very common pattern: topic + [怎么样] to ask "how is ...?" Swap in other topics the same way, like [工作怎么样] or [家里怎么样].

💬 When asking about health, Chinese often says [身体怎么样] "how is the body/health" rather than something built around "feel." It's a very normal, caring question, especially with family or older relatives.