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表面 biǎo miàn surface / face / outside / appearance
外表 wài biǎo external / outside / outward appearance
面子 miàn zi outer surface / outside / honor / reputation / face (as in "losing face") / self-respect / feelings / (medicinal) powder
外 wài outside / in addition / foreign / external
之外 zhī wài outside / excluding
外面 wài mian outside
外面 wài miàn outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance
境外 jìng wài outside (a country's) borders
外来 wài lái external / foreign / outside
外边 wài bian outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home
外头 wài tou outside / out
外间 wài jiān outer room / the external world / outside
局外 jú wài outside (a group etc) / not connected (with an event etc) / external
面儿 miàn r cover / outside
以外 yǐ wài apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond
外观 wài guān exterior appearance / to view sth from the outside / exterior condition
门外 mén wài outside the door
一手 yī shǒu a skill / mastery of a trade / by oneself / without outside help
打工 dǎ gōng to work a temporary or casual job / (of students) to have a job outside of class time, or during vacation
业余 yè yú in one's spare time / outside working hours / amateur (historian etc)
外界 wài jiè the outside world / external
内外 nèi wài inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about
改革开放 gǎi gé kāi fàng to reform and open to the outside world / refers to Deng Xiaoping's policies from around 1980
野外 yě wài countryside / areas outside the city
城外 chéng wài outside of a city
体外 tǐ wài outside the body / in vitro
屋外 wū wài outside the room
客串 kè chuàn to appear on stage in an amateur capacity / (of a professional) to make a guest appearance / (fig.) to assume a role outside one's usual duties / to substitute for
外力 wài lì external force / pressure from outside
外线 wài xiàn (military) line of troops encircling an enemy position / (telephony) outside line / (basketball) outside the three-point line
城关 chéng guān area outside a city gate
正反 zhèng fǎn positive and negative / pros and cons / inside and outside
自习 zì xí to study outside of class time (reviewing one's lessons) / to study in one's free time / individual study
外露 wài lù exposed / appearing on the outside
表里 biǎo lǐ the outside and the inside / one's outward show and inner thoughts / exterior and interior
一反常态 yī fǎn cháng tài complete change from the normal state (idiom) / quite uncharacteristic / entirely outside the norm / out of character
域外 yù wài outside the country / abroad / foreign / extraterritorial
荒郊 huāng jiāo desolate area outside a town
内忧外患 nèi yōu wài huàn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad
反串 fǎn chuàn (Chinese opera) to play a role outside of one's specialty / (modern) to play a transvestite role / to masquerade as an opponent
郊野 jiāo yě open area outside the city / countryside
外场 wài chǎng 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
外场 wài cháng outside world / society
里应外合 lǐ yìng wài hé to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom) / (fig.) to act together
闭门造车 bì mén zào chē lit. to shut oneself away and build a cart (idiom) / fig. to work on a project in isolation, without caring for outside realities
从里到外 cóng lǐ dào wài from the inside to the outside / through and through / thoroughly
隔靴搔痒 gé xuē sāo yǎng lit. to scratch the outside of the boot (idiom) / fig. beside the point / ineffectual
由表及里 yóu biǎo jí lǐ to proceed from the outside to the inside / to see the essence merely by looking at the superficial appearance
红筹股 hóng chóu gǔ red chip stocks (Chinese company stocks incorporated outside mainland China and listed in the Hong Kong stock exchange)
监外执行 jiān wài zhí xíng to serve (a sentence) outside prison (law)
血崩 xuè bēng metrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period)
骖 cān outside horses of a team of 4
鬲 lì ancient ceramic three-legged vessel used for cooking with cord markings on the outside and hollow legs
轵 zhǐ end of axle outside of hub
稃 fū husk / outside shell of grain
逍遥自在 xiāo yáo zì zai free and at leisure (idiom) / unfettered / outside the reach of the law (of criminal) / at large
足不出户 zú bù chū hù lit. not putting a foot outside / to stay at home
他山之石可以攻玉 tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom) / to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside / to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
外宽内忌 wài kuān nèi jì magnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside (idiom)
外御其侮 wài yù qí wǔ internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
里勾外连 lǐ gōu wài lián to act from inside in coordination with attackers outside / attacked from both inside and out
隔行如隔山 gé háng rú gé shān different trades, worlds apart (idiom) / to sb outside the profession, it is a closed book
从外表来看 cóng wài biǎo lái kàn looking from the outside / seen from the outside
两耳不闻窗外事 liǎng ěr bù wén chuāng wài shì to pay no attention to outside matters
筎 rú thin outside skin of bamboo
堭 huáng a dry moat outside a city wall / a dry ditch
三星堆 Sān xīng duī archaeological site of Sanxingdui outside Chengdu (Sichuan), exhibiting remarkable bronze artifacts from the 11-12th centuries BC
内忧外困 nèi yōu wài kùn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad
崩症 bēng zhèng metrorrhagia (vaginal bleeding outside the expected menstrual period)
度外 dù wài outside the sphere of one's consideration
心里美萝卜 xīn li měi luó bo Chinese roseheart radish (shinrimei radish), green on the outside, purple-red on the inside, a favorite Beijing vegetable
治外法权 zhì wài fǎ quán diplomatic immunity / (history) extraterritoriality, the rights (under unequal treaties) of a foreigner to live in China outside Chinese jurisdiction
法外 fǎ wài outside the law / beyond the law / extrajudicial
听房 tīng fáng to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
听窗 tīng chuāng to eavesdrop outside bridal bedchamber (folk custom)
花貌蓬心 huā mào péng xīn florid outside appearance, unkempt interior (idiom)
表里不一 biǎo lǐ bù yī outside appearance and inner reality differ (idiom) / not what it seems / saying one thing but meaning sth different
超经验 chāo jīng yàn extra-empirical / outside one's experience
香蕉人 xiāng jiāo rén banana person (yellow outside, white inside) / mildly pejorative term used by Chinese for assimilated Asian Americans / Westernized person of Asian appearance
室外空气 shì wài kōng qì outside air
设施外场所 shè shī wài chǎng suǒ location outside facilities
合理用电和主要城区外电力分配专家组  Group of Experts on the Rational Use of Electricity and Electricity Distribution Outside the Major Urban Areas
户外空气  outside air
市场经济世界 shì chǎng jīng jì shì jiè world outside the centrally planned economies area
外部商业借款  outside commercial borrowing
设在首都以外的办事处  office outside the capital
防止国境外的电台广播的欧洲公约  European Agreement for the Prevention of Broadcasts transmitted from Stations outside National Territories
兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮 xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
化外 huà wài (old) outside the sphere of civilization
半表半里 bàn biǎo bàn lǐ half outside, half inside / half interior, half exterior
外刚内柔 wài gāng nèi róu soft on the inside despite one's hard shell / appearing tough on the outside as to mask one's inner vulnerability / also written 內柔外剛|内柔外刚[nei4 rou2 wai4 gang1]
外放 wài fàng extroverted / outgoing / to play audio through speakers (rather than through earphones) / (old) to appoint to a post outside the capital
无疾而终 wú jí ér zhōng to die peacefully / (fig.) to result in failure (without any outside interference) / to come to nothing / to fizzle out
书腰 shū yāo (Tw) (publishing) belly band (paper sash around a book, outside the dust jacket)
外网 wài wǎng the Internet outside the GFW 防火長城|防火长城[Fang2 huo3 Chang2 cheng2]
华教 huá jiào Chinese language education (for people living outside China, esp. the children of overseas Chinese communities)
中概股 zhōng gài gǔ China concepts stock (stock in a Chinese company that trades on an exchange outside China or in Hong Kong) (abbr. for 中國概念股|中国概念股[Zhong1 guo2 gai4 nian4 gu3])
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