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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

[wài]
  1. 1. noun [范围以外]
    运动
    outdoor sports
    他把车停在门
    He parked the car outside the gate.
  2. 2. noun [外国]
    foreign visitor
  3. 3. adjective [非所属的]
    abroad
  4. 4. adjective [疏远的]
    outsider
  5. 5. adjective [非正式] informal
    nickname
  6. 6. adverb besides
    plus

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

[wài]
  1. 1. noun outer; outward; outside
    outside the window
  2. 2. noun a role for old men in traditional opera
  3. 3. adjective other
    towns or cities other than where one is
  4. 4. adjective foreign; external
    foreign country
  5. 5. adjective (relatives) of one's mother, sisters or daughters
  6. 6. adjective unofficial
    unofficial life history; unauthorized biography
  7. 7. adjective not of the same organization, class, etc.; not closely related
    regard sb. as an outsider
  8. 8. adverb besides; in addition; beyond
    预算的开支
    extra-budgetary expenditure
    计划的项目
    projects not included in the plan

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

[wài]
  1. 1. 表层不在某种界限范围之内位置
    强中干。
    8小时之
    里应合。
  2. 2. 特指外国
    古今中
    贸易。
    宾。
    币。
  3. 3. 指非自己所在所属
    地。
    省。
    单位。
    姓。
  4. 4. 在已说过的或某个范围以外
    加。
    带。
  5. 5. 非正式的;不正规的
    号。
    史。
    快。
  6. 6. 传统戏曲里的一个行当扮演老年男子京剧中改由老生担任,不另立行当
  7. 7. 关系远;不亲近
    都不是人,不要客气。
  8. 8. 家庭成员女性一方亲属
    祖父。
    甥。
    孙女。

Examples

他说他除了要把事做得更好别无他图。
He said he had no other aim than to do a better job of it.
除此而
with the exception of this; excepting this
除水稻,我们还种棉花和小麦。
Besides rice, we grow cotton and wheat.
内()弹道
interior (exterior) ballistics
她在车站东张西望了一会,看不见有接她的人。
She stood outside the station, looking round in all directions, but apparently no one had come to meet her.
古今中,概莫能
There is no exception to this in modern times or ancient, in China or abroad.
两国长定期会晤。
The foreign ministers of the two countries meet regularly.
他们对奴颜婢膝,甘心卖国求荣。
They bow and scrape like slaves to the foreigners, willing to sell the country for their own selfish ends.
盲目排
blind opposition to everything foreign
他除母亲,没有别的亲人。
His mother is the only other member of his family.

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