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HSK
foreign language / CL: 門|门
HSK 1
outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home
HSK 1
abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign
HSK 1
foreign country
HSK 1
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outside / in addition / foreign / external
HSK 1
(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal / takeout (business) / takeout (meal)
HSK 2
parts of the country other than where one is
HSK 2
apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
HSK 2
additional / in addition / besides / separate / other / moreover / furthermore
HSK 3
foreign language (written)
HSK 3
unexpected / accident / mishap / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance
HSK 3
especially; particularly; even more than usual / extra; additional
HSK 4
foreign (currency) exchange
HSK 4
coat / jacket / CL:
HSK 4
diplomat
HSK 4
besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
HSK 4
outside / excluding
HSK 5
exception / to be an exception
HSK 5
the outside world / external
HSK 5
outdoor
HSK 6
foreign investment
HSK 6
overseas; abroad
HSK 6
surgery (branch of medicine)
HSK 6
foreign currency
HSK 6
external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)
HSK 6
outside; outdoors
HSK 6
inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about
HSK 6
outer clothing / semblance / appearance
HSK 6
the outside; (attributive) external / exterior; surface
HSK 6
to go out / to go away (on a trip etc)
HSK 6
Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad
HSK 6
external / foreign / outside
HSK 6
outward appearance
HSK 6
apart from this / in addition to this
HSK 7-9
profile / appearance
HSK 7-9
external / outside / outward appearance
HSK 7-9
domestic and international; at home and abroad
HSK 7-9
foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
HSK 7-9
space alien; extraterrestrial
HSK 7-9
foreign trade
HSK 7-9
outskirts
HSK 7-9
exceptionally / not one's responsibility or job
HSK 7-9
figure / shape / external form / contour
HSK 7-9
nickname
HSK 7-9
foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas
HSK 7-9
countryside / areas outside the city
HSK 7-9
to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events
HSK 7-9
(coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather
HSK 7-9
layman / amateur
HSK 7-9
to exclude / not including sth (when counting or listing) / except for
HSK 7-9
at all times and in all places (idiom)
HSK 7-9
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
outside (a country's) borders
HSK 7-9
(coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother
HSK 7-9
(idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected
HSK 7-9
to treat sb with the formal courtesy accorded to a host or a guest
HSK 7-9
extra / added / additional
HSK 7-9
extravehicular activity (outside space vehicle) / EVA
external (i.e. not built-in 內置|内置)
sister's daughter / wife's sibling's daughter
external irradiation
foreign language
to feel animosity toward foreigners or outsiders / xenophobia
exception(s)
Foreign Secretary / (UK) Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea)
all in all / either way
Tianjin Foreign Studies University
offshore / open sea
splayed feet
outsider / foreigner / stranger
xenophobic / anti-foreigner
foreign policy
extramarital affair
surrounding
soft on the inside despite one's hard shell / appearing tough on the outside as to mask one's inner vulnerability / also written 內柔外剛|内柔外刚
(idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better / in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself
external
outer / excluded
outside the door
in addition / extra
outflow / to flow out / to drain
on-site operations (e.g. surveying)
foreign businessman / foreign enterprise; foreign company
brain drain
off campus
(botany) lemma
(dialect) maternal grandfather
magnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside (idiom)
(coll.) daughter's son / grandson
plug-in (software) (Tw)
out / outbound / departing
envelope / outer shell / hull / cover / case
landlord (old usage)
(idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly
foreign edition (of a newspaper)
(sports) wild card (loanword)
foreign relations / diplomatic relations

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