外行 wài háng ㄨㄞˋ ㄏㄤˊ ngoi6 hong4 HSK 7-9 高階級 · Level 4
- layman
- amateur
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外
- 中外 zhōng wài ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄞˋ zung1 ngoi6 Sino-foreign
- 之外 zhī wài ㄓ ㄨㄞˋ zi1 ngoi6 outside
- 以外 yǐ wài ㄧˇ ㄨㄞˋ ji5 ngoi6 apart from
- 例外 lì wài ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄞˋ lai6 ngoi6 exception
- 内外 內外 nèi wài ㄋㄟˋ ㄨㄞˋ noi6 ngoi6 inside and outside
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- 分外 fèn wài ㄈㄣˋ ㄨㄞˋ fan6 ngoi6 exceptionally
- 另外 lìng wài ㄌㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄞˋ ling6 ngoi6 additional
- 国外 國外 guó wài ㄍㄨㄛˊ ㄨㄞˋ gwok3 ngoi6 abroad
- 境外 jìng wài ㄐㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄞˋ ging2 ngoi6 outside (a country's) borders
- 外交 wài jiāo ㄨㄞˋ ㄐㄧㄠ ngoi6 gaau1 diplomacy
- 外企 wài qǐ ㄨㄞˋ ㄑㄧˇ ngoi6 kei5 foreign enterprise
- 外来 外來 wài lái ㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄞˊ ngoi6 loi4 external
- 外公 wài gōng ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄥ ngoi6 gung1 (coll.) mother's father
- 外出 wài chū ㄨㄞˋ ㄔㄨ ngoi6 ceot1 to go out
- 外力 wài lì ㄨㄞˋ ㄌㄧˋ ngoi6 lik6 external force
- 外汇 外匯 wài huì ㄨㄞˋ ㄏㄨㄟˋ ngoi6 wui6 foreign (currency) exchange
- 外国 外國 wài guó ㄨㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄛˊ ngoi6 gwok3 foreign country
- 外在 wài zài ㄨㄞˋ ㄗㄞˋ ngoi6 zoi6 external
- 外地 wài dì ㄨㄞˋ ㄉㄧˋ ngoi6 dei6 parts of the country other than where one is
- 外套 wài tào ㄨㄞˋ ㄊㄠˋ ngoi6 tou3 outer garment; jacket; coat
行
- 一行 yī xíng ㄧ ㄒㄧㄥˊ jat1 hang4 party
- 不行 bù xíng ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ bat1 hang4 won't do
- 并行 並行 bìng xíng ㄅㄧㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ bing3 hang4 to proceed in parallel
- 内行 內行 nèi háng ㄋㄟˋ ㄏㄤˊ noi6 hong4 expert
- 出行 chū xíng ㄔㄨ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ceot1 hang4 to go out somewhere (relatively short trip)
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- 力行 lì xíng ㄌㄧˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ lik6 hang4 to practice diligently
- 可行 kě xíng ㄎㄜˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ho2 hang4 feasible
- 同行 tóng háng ㄊㄨㄥˊ ㄏㄤˊ tung4 hang4 person of the same profession
- 品行 pǐn xíng ㄆㄧㄣˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ban2 hang6 behavior
- 执行 執行 zhí xíng ㄓˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ zap1 hang4 to implement
- 实行 實行 shí xíng ㄕˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ sat6 hang4 to implement
- 履行 lǚ xíng ㄌㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ lei5 hang4 to fulfill (one's obligations)
- 平行 píng xíng ㄆㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ping4 hang4 parallel (in a spatial or geometric sense, or figuratively)
- 强行 強行 qiáng xíng ㄑㄧㄤˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ koeng5 hang4 to do sth by force
- 推行 tuī xíng ㄊㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄥˊ teoi1 hang4 to implement; to carry out; to introduce (a policy, system, reform etc)
- 施行 shī xíng ㄕ ㄒㄧㄥˊ si1 hang4 to put in place
- 旅行 lǚ xíng ㄌㄩˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ leoi5 hang4 to travel
- 步行 bù xíng ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ bou6 hang4 to go on foot
- 流行 liú xíng ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ lau4 hang4 (of a contagious disease etc) to spread; to propagate
- 现行 現行 xiàn xíng ㄒㄧㄢˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ jin6 hang4 to be in effect
Idioms with these characters
- 昂首天外 áng shǒu tiān wài ㄤˊ ㄕㄡˇ ㄊㄧㄢ ㄨㄞˋ ngong4 sau2 tin1 ngoi6 (idiom) to raise one's head and look towards the heavens
- 吃里扒外 吃裡扒外 chī lǐ pá wài ㄔ ㄌㄧˇ ㄆㄚˊ ㄨㄞˋ hek3 leoi5 paa4 ngoi6 (idiom) to work against the interests of sb one derives support from; to double-cross one's employer; to bite the hand that feeds
- 崇洋媚外 chóng yáng mèi wài ㄔㄨㄥˊ ㄧㄤˊ ㄇㄟˋ ㄨㄞˋ sung4 joeng4 mei6 ngoi6 to revere everything foreign and pander to overseas powers (idiom); blind worship of foreign goods and ideas
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- 出乎意外 chū hū yì wài ㄔㄨ ㄏㄨ ㄧˋ ㄨㄞˋ ceot1 fu4 ji3 ngoi6 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
- 出人意外 chū rén yì wài ㄔㄨ ㄖㄣˊ ㄧˋ ㄨㄞˋ ceot1 jan4 ji3 ngoi6 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
- 付之度外 fù zhī dù wài ㄈㄨˋ ㄓ ㄉㄨˋ ㄨㄞˋ fu6 zi1 dou6 ngoi6 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
- 古今中外 gǔ jīn zhōng wài ㄍㄨˇ ㄐㄧㄣ ㄓㄨㄥ ㄨㄞˋ gu2 gam1 zung1 ngoi6 at all times and in all places (idiom)
- 节外生枝 節外生枝 jié wài shēng zhī ㄐㄧㄝˊ ㄨㄞˋ ㄕㄥ ㄓ zit3 ngoi6 sang1 zi1 (idiom) new problems arise unexpectedly
- 九霄云外 九霄雲外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄒㄧㄠ ㄩㄣˊ ㄨㄞˋ gau2 siu1 wan4 ngoi6 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
- 里应外合 裡應外合 lǐ yìng wài hé ㄌㄧˇ ㄧㄥˋ ㄨㄞˋ ㄏㄜˊ leoi5 jing3 ngoi6 hap6 to coordinate outside and inside offensives (idiom)
- 不虚此行 不虛此行 bù xū cǐ xíng ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄩ ㄘˇ ㄒㄧㄥˊ bat1 heoi1 ci2 hang4 (idiom) it's been a worthwhile trip
- 寸步难行 寸步難行 cùn bù nán xíng ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ cyun3 bou6 naan4 hang4 unable to move a single step (idiom)
- 倒行逆施 dào xíng nì shī ㄉㄠˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄋㄧˋ ㄕ dou3 hang4 jik6 si1 to go against the tide (idiom); to do things all wrong
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- 独断独行 獨斷獨行 dú duàn dú xíng ㄉㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄉㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ duk6 dyun6 duk6 hang4 to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action
- 独断专行 獨斷專行 dú duàn zhuān xíng ㄉㄨˊ ㄉㄨㄢˋ ㄓㄨㄢ ㄒㄧㄥˊ duk6 dyun3 zyun1 hang4 to decide and act alone (idiom); to take arbitrary action
- 独行其是 獨行其是 dú xíng qí shì ㄉㄨˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕˋ duk6 hang4 kei4 si6 to go one's own way (idiom); to act independently without asking others
- 风行一时 風行一時 fēng xíng yī shí ㄈㄥ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄧ ㄕˊ fung1 hang4 jat1 si4 (idiom) to be popular for a while; to be all the rage for a time
- 各行其是 gè xíng qí shì ㄍㄜˋ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄑㄧˊ ㄕˋ gok3 hang4 kei4 si6 each one does what he thinks is right (idiom)
- 功完行满 功完行滿 gōng wán xíng mǎn ㄍㄨㄥ ㄨㄢˊ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄇㄢˇ gung1 jyun4 hang4 mun5 to fully achieve one's ambitions (idiom)
- 规行矩步 規行矩步 guī xíng jǔ bù ㄍㄨㄟ ㄒㄧㄥˊ ㄐㄩˇ ㄅㄨˋ kwai1 hang4 geoi2 bou6 to follow the compass and go with the set square (idiom); to follow the rules inflexibly
Example sentences
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他们 他們 是 外行 。
They are laymen.
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我 那时 那時 还是 還是 个 個 外行 。
I was still an amateur at that time.
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外行 谈 談 策略 ， 内行 內行 谈 談 后勤 後勤 。
Amateurs talk strategy, professionals talk logistics.
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