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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

外地 [wàidì]
  1. 1. noun other parts of the country
    我们班有几个外地学生。
    Our class has several students from other parts of the country.
    他去外地出差。
    He went away on business.

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

外地 [wàidì]
  1. 1. parts of the country other than where one is
    代表团将在首都访问三天,然后再到外地游览。
    The delegation will pay a three-day visit to the capital before leaving for other parts of the country.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

外地 [wàidì]
  1. 1. 本地以外的地方
    外地出差。
  2. 2. "外地"的反义词不是"内地",而是"本地"。

Examples

你告诉我他到外地去了,可偏好我昨天看到他了。
You told me he was out of town, but as it happened, I saw him yesterday.
外地视察工作
be on an inspection tour
产品在外地巡展时,公司没派一名随展人员。
The company did not send anyone with the products on exhibition tour in the provinces.
演员到外地组台演出去了。
The actors are touring the provinces.
我们所使用的标准件是由外地的一家企业生产的。
The standard spare parts that we use are made by an enterprise from another region.
这些外地客人,特别喜欢听我们这里的道情。
These foreign visitors especially like our Taoist ballads.
外地工作的儿子和儿媳要回家过年了。
The son and his wife who were working far away from home came back to spend the traditional Chinese New Year.
他远在外地,时常牵念家里的父母。
He is far away from his native land and thinks constantly of his parents.
她一到外地就水土不服,看来很不适于出差。
She is not accustomed to the climate of new places, and so doesn't seem fit for business trips.

Collocations

外地
to go out of town
外地
someone from out of town
外地来京
to come to Beijing from other provinces

Word Decomposition


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