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meet vs see (II)

A student asked to translate the Chinese sentence below into English. 自從你搬去紐約之後,我們就沒見過彼此了。 What will you answer it?      "We haven't met each other since you moved to New York." or  " We haven't seen each other since you moved to New York." I found this on the Internet. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ https://www.myhappyenglish.com/free-english-lesson/2012/05/02/english-lesson-meet-vs-see/ English Lesson: Meet Vs. See     I met Yalcin about ten years ago when I was working in a language school. He lived here in New York for almost six years, and then he moved back to Turkey. The last time I saw him was last December. He is coming to New York next week, and so I suggested we meet on Friday at our favorite pizza joint. I am looking forward to seeing him again soon. Meet  and  see  are both used to talk about people spending time ...

Tenses

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Legend moment in time action that takes place once, never or several times actions that happen one after another actions that suddenly take place period of time action that started before a certain moment and lasts beyond that moment actions taking place at the same time Result action taking place before a certain moment in time puts emphasis on the result Course / Duration action taking place before a certain moment in time puts emphasis on the course or duration of the action https://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/tenses-graphic