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  *外* | 外* | *外
outside / in addition / foreign / external
HSK 1
outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance
HSK 3
foreign language / CL: 門|门
HSK 1
parts of the country other than where one is
HSK 2
foreign country
HSK 1
outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home
HSK 1
additional / in addition / besides / separate / other / moreover / furthermore
HSK 3
abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign
HSK 1
outside / excluding
HSK 5
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
HSK 2
Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad
HSK 6
the outside world / external
HSK 5
(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal / takeout (business) / takeout (meal)
HSK 2
diplomat
HSK 4
foreign (currency) exchange
HSK 4
outer garment; jacket; coat / CL:
HSK 4
diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
foreign language (written)
HSK 3
unexpected / accident / mishap / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
exception / to be an exception
HSK 5
foreign investment
HSK 6
besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
HSK 4
nickname
HSK 7-9
external / outside / outward appearance
HSK 7-9
surgery (branch of medicine)
HSK 6
the outside; (attributive) external / exterior; surface
HSK 6
outer clothing / semblance / appearance
HSK 6
to go out / to go away (on a trip etc)
HSK 6
space alien; extraterrestrial
HSK 7-9
outside; outdoors
HSK 6
overseas; abroad
HSK 6
foreign-published periodical
outdoor
HSK 6
to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events
HSK 7-9
nothing else but
especially; particularly; even more than usual / extra; additional
HSK 4
thousand miles distant
inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about
HSK 6
(coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother
HSK 7-9
profile / appearance
HSK 7-9
layman / amateur
HSK 7-9
external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)
HSK 6
extragalactic nebula
to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom) / (fig.) to act together
foreign currency
HSK 6
Xi'an International Studies University (XISU)
outsourcing / people who judge others by their looks (abbr. for 外貌協會|外貌协会)
take-out (fast food) / (outer part of) tire / as well / besides / into the bargain / outer zone
outer ear
exceptionally / not one's responsibility or job
HSK 7-9
foreign trade
bokeh (photography)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State
outward appearance
HSK 6
to shock the whole world
medical doctor; physician who works primarily by administering drugs, as opposed to surgeon 外科醫生|外科医生
extra / added / additional
HSK 7-9
foreign policy
the "good-looks club": people who attach great importance to a person's appearance (pun on 外貿協會|外贸协会 foreign trade association)
external / foreign / outside
HSK 6
daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line
domestic and international / at home and abroad
foreign languages
to serve (a sentence) outside prison (law)
lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field / fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)
stranger / outsider
to flee abroad / to run away / to desert / outflow
surrounding
apart from this / in addition to this
HSK 7-9
to eat in (at the restaurant) (contrasted with 外帶|外带) / (restaurant) dine-in service
look / external appearance / design / overall brand look or logo that can be patented
loanword
voice-over / background narration
crowdsourcing / abbr. for 群眾外包|群众外包
outer space
at all times and in all places (idiom)
HSK 7-9
foreign trade
HSK 7-9
infrared spectrum
diplomatic immunity
daughter's daughter / granddaughter
a stranger / out-of-towner
foreign market
traffic accident / car crash
Wu Jingzi (1701–1754), Qing dynasty novelist, author of The Scholars 儒林外史
Shanghai International Studies University (SISU)
foreign-exchange reserves
in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)
outside the body / in vitro
to eat out / food brought in from outside; food not purchased within the premises
infrared (ray)
outer layer / outer shell
food delivery person
foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea)
foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业
HSK 7-9
foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
HSK 7-9
outsourcing
foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs

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