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foreign country
HSK 1
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  *外* | 外* | *外
outside / in addition / foreign / external
HSK 1
foreign language / CL: 門|门
HSK 1
outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home
HSK 1
parts of the country other than where one is
HSK 2
(of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal / takeout (business) / takeout (meal)
HSK 2
diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL: 個|个
HSK 3
foreign language (written)
HSK 3
outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance
HSK 3
coat / jacket / CL:
HSK 4
foreign (currency) exchange
HSK 4
diplomat
HSK 4
the outside world / external
HSK 5
outer clothing / semblance / appearance
HSK 6
outward appearance
HSK 6
the outside; (attributive) external / exterior; surface
HSK 6
foreign currency
HSK 6
external / foreign / outside
HSK 6
foreign investment
HSK 6
to go out / to go away (on a trip etc)
HSK 6
outside; outdoors
HSK 6
surgery (branch of medicine)
HSK 6
profile / appearance
HSK 7-9
foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality)
HSK 7-9
foreign trade
HSK 7-9
figure / shape / external form / contour
HSK 7-9
external / outside / outward appearance
HSK 7-9
foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas
HSK 7-9
nickname
HSK 7-9
(coll.) mother's mother / maternal grandmother
HSK 7-9
layman / amateur
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
(coll.) mother's father / maternal grandfather
HSK 7-9
space alien; extraterrestrial
HSK 7-9
external force / pressure from outside
foreigner
exoskeleton (the carapace of insects, crabs etc)
attached externally (e.g. fuel tank); plug-in; add-on / special software used to cheat in an online game
circumscribed circle (of a polygon)
external (i.e. not built-in 內置|内置)
outer side
extension (semantics)
the Bund, a waterfront promenade in central Shanghai, running along the western bank of the Huangpu River
injury / wound / trauma
to tell others (a secret) / to divulge to an outsider / to be rumored
unofficial biography (as opposed to official dynastic biography)
foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists)
exterior scene; outdoor scene
outsourcing
envelope / outer shell / hull / cover / case
extroverted (personality) / (economics etc) export-oriented
facade / external wall
(abbr. for 對外宣傳|对外宣传) (one's own) international public relations efforts / (another nation's) external propaganda
external
(of liquid) to spill out; to overflow / (of gas) to leak out / (fig.) to spill over; to spread (to new areas) / (fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain; to flow outward (esp. overseas) / (fig.) (of talent) to show; to be revealed
foreign debt
to leak (usually secret information)
vulva
take-out (fast food) / (outer part of) tire / as well / besides / into the bargain / outer zone
outer ear
peripherals
external form
outsider / foreigner / stranger
external diameter (including thickness of the wall)
external / extrinsic
daughter's son / grandson / descendant via the female line
(military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line
to export / to sell abroad
outer layer / outer shell
foreign affairs
to flee abroad / to run away / to desert / outflow
offshore / open sea
foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs
outside world / society
outer area (of a place that has an inner area) / dining area of a restaurant (as opposed to the kitchen) / outfield (baseball etc) / area outside a venue (e.g. exterior of a stadium) / field (maintenance, testing etc) / (Chinese opera) the area in front of the table on the stage
in addition / extra
another part of the country / some other place
exposed / appearing on the outside
foreign businessman / foreign enterprise; foreign company
to send sb to work abroad or in a different location
foreign affairs office
outflow / to flow out / to drain
Foreign Minister
to apply externally
work done in the field (rather than in the office or at the headquarters); fieldwork / field personnel; fieldworker
sister's son / wife's sibling's son
(sports) wild card (loanword)
foreign guest / international visitor
extra income
(of a married person) interest in a third person / (old) (of a minister etc) disloyal disposition / (math.) circumcenter (of a polygon)
foreign worker (abbr. for 外籍勞工|外籍劳工)
strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
extra income
outer room / the external world / outside
reports from foreign news agencies
foreign affairs
foreigner
(literary) foreign aggression / external threat / humiliation inflicted by outsiders
lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom) / fig. velvet glove
State Administration of Foreign Exchange (abbr. for 國家外匯管理局|国家外汇管理局)

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