"Except (for)" • Chinese-English Dictionary

DICTIONARY OPTIONS
CHARACTERS : Simplified Traditional
PHONETIC : Pinyin Bopomofo EFEO Wade-Giles Yale
» Search by Radical
 yǐ wài apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
 chú wài to exclude / not including sth (when counting or listing) / except for
 chú qù to eliminate / to remove / except for / apart from
 měi zhōng bù zú everything is fine except for one small defect (idiom) / the fly in the ointment
 Měi guó yǐ wài except for the US
 měi yī gè rén dōu yǒu měi zhōng bù zú de dì fang However excellent, everyone has his defects. / There is always a fly in the ointment. / cf idiom 美中不足[mei3 zhong1 bu4 zu2], everything is fine except for one small defect
Chinese Tones