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HSK
abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign
HSK 1
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  *外* | 外* | *外
outside / in addition / foreign / external
HSK 1
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
unexpected / accident / mishap / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
especially; particularly; even more than usual / extra; additional
HSK 4
besides; in addition; moreover; furthermore
HSK 4
outside / excluding
HSK 5
exception / to be an exception
HSK 5
outdoor
HSK 6
overseas; abroad
HSK 6
external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs)
HSK 6
inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about
HSK 6
Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad
HSK 6
apart from this / in addition to this
HSK 7-9
domestic and international; at home and abroad
HSK 7-9
at all times and in all places (idiom)
HSK 7-9
outskirts
HSK 7-9
exceptionally / not one's responsibility or job
HSK 7-9
countryside / areas outside the city
HSK 7-9
outside (a country's) borders
HSK 7-9
to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom) / overjoyed at the turn of events
HSK 7-9
to exclude / not including sth (when counting or listing) / except for
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
to feel animosity toward foreigners or outsiders / xenophobia
(newspaper) extra / special number (of a periodical)
xenophobic / anti-foreigner
to work against the interests of sb one derives support from / to double-cross one's employer / to bite the hand that feeds you
outer / excluded
outside the door
concerning foreigners or foreign affairs
off campus
out / outbound / departing
outside the sphere of one's consideration
outdoor
outdoors; outside
to lock one's door and refuse to see sb
(coll.) foreigner (esp. non Asian person) / layman / amateur
infrared (ray)
over and above (some amount) / beyond (budget)
landlord (old usage)
not beyond the scope of / nothing more than
to go out / to leave for another place
beyond the topmost clouds (idiom) / unimaginably far away
unfettered and beyond the law (idiom); evading retribution / getting away with it (e.g. crimes) / still at large
thousand miles distant
inside and out
outside the law; beyond the law; extrajudicial
besides / in addition / apart from that
(old) outside the sphere of civilization
to fawn on foreigners; to pander to foreign powers
(old) territories beyond the Great Wall
(idiom) not to get involved; to stay out of it
to resist foreign aggression
outside (a group etc) / not connected (with an event etc) / external
turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
to give no thought to / to have no regard for / to disregard
outside of a city
traffic accident / car crash
extramarital
domestic and international / at home and abroad
out-of-court (settlement)
outward
outdoors
from the inside to the outside / through and through / thoroughly
bokeh (photography)
outside the body / in vitro
a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)
to shock the whole world
to think nothing of doing sth (idiom) / to do sth without considering the risks / to leave out of consideration
outside the country / abroad / foreign / extraterritorial
within and without the borders / domestic and foreign / home and abroad
beyond the earth / outer space
to outsource
to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
(idiom) to raise one's head and look towards the heavens / (idiom) arrogant; haughty
ultraviolet (ray)
famous at home and abroad
inside and out / or so
Chinese, math & English (school subjects)
extracurricular
beyond the pass, i.e. the region north and east of Shanhai Pass 山海關|山海关 or the region west of Jiayu Pass 嘉峪關|嘉峪关 or both


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