1. foreign relations2. diplomatic relations
1. exocrine gland2. gland producing external secretion (e.g. saliva)
1. soft on the inside despite one's hard shell2. appearing tough on the outside as to mask one's inner vulnerability3. also written 内柔外刚[nèi róu wài gāng]
foreign-exchange reserves
1. lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom)2. fig. velvet glove
granddaughter (one's daughter's daughter)
magnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside (idiom)
1. surgeon2. as opposed to physician 内科医生[nèi kē yī shēng], who works primarily by administering drugs
1. overseas Chinese2. persons of Chinese origin having foreign citizenship
1. look2. external appearance3. design4. overall brand look or logo that can be patented+1 条 Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), abbr. for 中华民国对外贸易发展协会
abbr. for 外商独资企业[wài shāng dú zī qǐ yè]
Transcaucasia, aka the South Caucasus
visitors from outer space
1. a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)2. a woman's heart is with her husband
to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
1. overtone (music)2. (fig.) connotation3. implied meaning
1. from the inside to the outside2. through and through3. thoroughly
(idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected
to resist foreign aggression and pacify the interior of the country (idiom)
1. plastic surgery2. orthopedics
1. (idiom) to raise one's head and look towards the heavens2. (idiom) arrogant; haughty
great-grandfather (mother's grandfather)
1. extragalactic star system2. galaxy (not including our Galaxy)
1. diplomatic immunity2. (history) extraterritoriality, the rights (under unequal treaties) of a foreigner to live in China outside Chinese jurisdiction
to serve (a sentence) outside prison (law)
good-looking and intelligent (idiom)
1. uneven2. in disorder3. everything sticking out
1. to act from inside in coordination with attackers outside2. attacked from both inside and out
1. to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom)2. (fig.) to act together
extracurricular reading material
对外联络部 對外聯絡部 duì wài lián luò bù CCP central committee's external affairs department (i.e. Chinese communist party's foreign office)
不足为外人道 不足為外人道 bù zú wèi wài rén dào 1. (idiom) no need to tell others; let's keep this between ourselves2. also pr. [bù zú wéi wài rén dào]
家丑不可外扬 家醜不可外揚 jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng 1. lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom)2. fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public
北京外国语大学 北京外國語大學 běi jīng wài guó yǔ dà xué Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU)
国家外汇管理局 國家外匯管理局 guó jiā wài huì guǎn lǐ jú State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE)
肥水不流外人田 féi shuǐ bù liú wài rén tián 1. lit. don't let one's own fertile water flow into others' field2. fig. keep the goodies within the family (proverb)