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Frequency data: Cai & Brysbaert, SUBTLEX-CH (2010), Creative Commons Attribution. The data includes word forms with at least 10 occurrences in an older subtitle sample. It does not provide current frequency or HSK levels. Absence from the sample does not establish that a word is rare. Names, variants and restricted readings identified in the source appear after general-use entries within the same match type.

人外有人,天外有天rén wài yǒu rén , tiān wài yǒu tiān

in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)

人才外流rén cái wài liú

brain drain

仇人相见,分外眼红chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng

when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)

仇外chóu wài

to feel animosity toward foreigners or outsiders / xenophobia

仇外心理chóu wài xīn lǐ

xenophobia

付之度外fù zhī dù wài

to think nothing of doing sth (idiom) / to do sth without considering the risks / to leave out of consideration

例外字lì wài zì

exception(s)

保外就医bǎo wài jiù yī

to release for medical treatment (of a prisoner)

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)

内外兼修nèi wài jiān xiū

(of a person) beautiful inside and out

内忧外困nèi yōu wài kùn

internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad

内忧外患nèi yōu wài huàn

internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad

内行看门道,外行看热闹nèi háng kàn mén dao , wài háng kàn rè nao

while the connoisseur recognizes the artistry, the layman simply enjoys the show

两耳不闻窗外事liǎng ěr bù wén chuāng wài shì

to pay no attention to outside matters

其外qí wài

besides / in addition / apart from that

出乎意外chū hū yì wài

beyond expectation (idiom) / unexpected

出人意外chū rén yì wài

turned out other than expected (idiom) / unexpected

分外fèn wài

exceptionally / not one's responsibility or job

千里之外qiān lǐ zhī wài

thousand miles distant

古今中外gǔ jīn zhōng wài

at all times and in all places (idiom)

吃里扒外chī lǐ pá wài

(idiom) to work against the interests of sb one derives support from / to double-cross one's employer / to bite the hand that feeds

向外xiàng wài

outward

员外yuán wài

landlord (old usage)

国内外guó nèi wài

domestic and international / at home and abroad

国外市场guó wài shì chǎng

foreign market

国际外交guó jì wài jiāo

foreign policy

在外zài wài

outer / excluded

在家靠父母,出外靠朋友zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you

one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)

在户外zài hù wài

outdoors

地外文明dì wài wén míng

extraterrestrial civilization

域外yù wài

outside the country / abroad / foreign / extraterritorial

场外应急chǎng wài yìng jí

general emergency (or "off-site emergency") (nuclear facility emergency classification)

境内外jìng nèi wài

within and without the borders / domestic and foreign / home and abroad

大外宣dà wài xuān

(derog.) China's foreign propaganda machine (esp. since c. 2009)

天外tiān wài

beyond the earth / outer space

天外来客tiān wài lái kè

visitors from outer space

天外有天,人外有人tiān wài yǒu tiān , rén wài yǒu rén

see 人外有人,天外有天[rén wài yǒu rén , tiān wài yǒu tiān]

女生外向nǚ shēng wài xiàng

a woman is born to leave her family (idiom) / a woman's heart is with her husband

委外wěi wài

to outsource

婚外hūn wài

extramarital

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