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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

外出 [wàichū]
  1. 1. go out; go away
    他有事外出,我没见到他。
    He had gone out on business so I didn't see him.
  2. 2. noun trip

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

外出 [wàichū]
  1. 1. 到外边去;到外地去
    他这几天外出了,不在家。
    外出打工。

Examples

因公外出
be away on official business
外出谋职
go out to find a job
昨日来访,适值外出,憾甚。
Unfortunately you happened to be out when I called yesterday.
往年人们不怎么外出旅游。
In former years people did not travel so much.
你上次来访,正值我外出
I happened to be out when you called.
每到农闲,他们就外出打短工。
When the farm work is out of season, they will go and look for odd jobs.
我家良人外出,请改日再来吧。
My husband is out. Please come back some other day.
由于他当晚正好外出,才免遭杀害。
Fortunately he went out that night, or he would have been killed.
最近几年,农民们纷纷利用夏闲时间外出打工。
In recent years, many rural labourers go to work for others in their spare time during summer.

Word Decomposition


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