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


Tip: Pinyin can be entered with or without tone numbers, e.g. 'nihao' or 'ni3hao3'.
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