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外国人 (外國人)
  • [wàiguórén]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

外国人 [wàiguórén]
  1. 1. foreigner; alien

Examples

中国血统的外国人
foreign nationals of Chinese descent
外国人的名字较长,不过一般只叫他们的本名。
Foreigners tend to have long names, but usually we only need to call them by their first names.
这几位外国人对灯影戏产生了兴趣。
These foreigners were interested in shadow plays.
不少外国人对中国的旧学很感兴趣。
Many foreigners are interested in traditional Chinese culture.
外国人用英语对话对他来说是小菜一碟。
It is easy for him to speak English with foreigners.
外国人一般很难掌握中国词语的引申义。
It is generally difficult for foreigners to grasp the extended meanings of Chinese words.
外国人
那个外国人嘀里嘟噜地说了半天,我听不懂。
alien property
外国人的财产
He took her to be foreign.
他以为她是外国人

Word Decomposition


[wài]
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[guó]
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[rén]

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