直 接 投 资 zhí jiē tóu zī Foreign 外 outside / in addition / foreign / external 番 foreign (non-Chinese) / barbarian / classifier for occurrences (of an event, action or speech utterance) / classifier for iterations: times, -fold (as in twofold etc) / classifier for situations: kind, sort 国 外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign 对 外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) 外 国 wài guó foreign (country) / CL:個|个[ge4] 外 汇 wài huì foreign (currency) exchange 外 来 wài lái external / foreign / outside 异 国 yì guó exotic / foreign 外 籍 wài jí foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality) 域 外 yù wài outside the country / abroad / foreign / extraterritorial 洋 ocean / vast / foreign / silver dollar or coin 外 资 wài zī foreign investment 外 贸 wài mào foreign trade 外 语 wài yǔ foreign language / CL:門|门[men2] 外 交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 外 商 wài shāng foreign businessman 内 外 nèi wài inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about 领 导 小 组 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 / etc) / aka central leading group 独 资 dú zī wholly-owned (often by foreign company) / exclusive investment 外 交 部 Wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 对 外 贸 易 duì wài mào yì foreign trade 涉 外 shè wài concerning foreigners or foreign affairs 外 企 wài qǐ 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 外 国 语 wài guó yǔ foreign language 外 援 wài yuán foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas 外 文 wài wén foreign language (written) 听 来 tīng lái to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc) / to ring (true) / to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression) / to hear from somewhere 外 长 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs 异 域 yì yù foreign country / alien land 外 币 wài bì foreign currency 他 乡 tā xiāng foreign land / away from one's native place 异 乡 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home 酋 长 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir 外 事 wài shì foreign affairs 特 别 行 政 区 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 / and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia 本 地 化 běn dì huà localization / adaptation (to foreign environment) 创 汇 chuàng huì to earn foreign exchange 异 物 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form 大 班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade 外 电 wài diàn reports from foreign news agencies 外 教 wài jiào foreign teacher (abbr. for 外國教師|外国教师) / greenhorn / novice / amateurish / religion other than Buddhism (term used by Buddhists) 外 汇 市 场 wài huì shì chǎng foreign currency market 单 字 dān zì single Chinese character / word (in a foreign language) 派 驻 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) 西 文 Xī wén Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times) 召 见 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview 李 肇 星 Lǐ Zhào xīng Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister 约 见 yuē jiàn to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador) 海 外 版 hǎi wài bǎn foreign edition (of a newspaper) 外 交 政 策 wài jiāo zhèng cè foreign policy 境 内 外 jìng nèi wài within and without the borders / domestic and foreign / home and abroad 外 交 部 长 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs 外 债 wài zhài foreign debt 陈 毅 Chén Yì Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972 进 料 jìn liào to feed (a machine) / foreign goods (abbr. of 進口資料|进口资料) 外 宾 wài bīn foreign guest / international visitor 租 界 zū jiè foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries) 踏 足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) 国 家 外 汇 管 理 局 Guó jiā Wài huì Guǎn lǐ jú State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) 外 交 关 系 wài jiāo guān xì foreign relations / diplomatic relations 三 资 企 业 sān zī qǐ yè foreign, private and joint ventures 洋 鬼 子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners 外 务 省 wài wù shěng foreign ministry (e.g. of Japan or Korea) 结 汇 jiē huì foreign exchange settlement 结 汇 jié huì foreign exchange settlement 洋 务 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning 崇 洋 chóng yáng to idolize foreign things 洋 妞 yáng niū young foreign girl 北 京 外 国 语 大 学 Běi jīng Wài guó yǔ Dà xué Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) 洋 行 yáng háng foreign firm (old) 外 相 wài xiàng Foreign Minister 媚 外 mèi wài to fawn on foreigners / to pander to foreign powers 外 务 wài wù foreign affairs 收 汇 shōu huì foreign exchange collection (finance) 客 居 kè jū to live in a foreign place / to live somewhere as a guest 巡 捕 xún bǔ to patrol / policeman (in China's former foreign concessions) 外 国 投 资 wài guó tóu zī foreign investment 炒 汇 chǎo huì to speculate in foreign currency 意 译 yì yì meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation 舶 来 品 bó lái pǐn (old) imported goods / foreign goods 汉 学 Hàn xué sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics 外 患 wài huàn foreign aggression 洋 气 yáng qì Western style / foreign flavor / trendy / fashionable 外 办 wài bàn foreign affairs office 自 养 zì yǎng self-sustaining / economically independent (of state aid, foreign subsidy etc) 侨 居 qiáo jū to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country 闭 关 锁 国 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact 外 文 系 wài wén xì department of foreign languages / modern languages (college department) 胡 志 强 Hú Zhì qiáng Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister 异 邦 yì bāng foreign country 他 乡 遇 故 知 tā xiāng yù gù zhī meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom) 洋 务 派 yáng wù pài the foreign learning or Westernizing faction in the late Qing 沦 亡 lún wáng (of a country) to perish / to be annexed / subjugation (to a foreign power) 外 事 处 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 沈 国 放 Shěn Guó fàng Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005) 侉 子 kuǎ zi person speaking with a foreign accent 公 使 馆 gōng shǐ guǎn embassy (old term) / foreign mission 中 国 人 民 对 外 友 好 协 会 Zhōng guó Rén mín Duì wài Yǒu hǎo Xié huì Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC) 奈 used in expressions that convey frustration and futility, such as 無奈|无奈[wu2 nai4] and 莫可奈何|莫可奈何[mo4 ke3 nai4 he2] (literary) / used for its phonetic value in writing foreign words
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