外星
wài xīng
Pinyin

Definition

外星
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wài xīng
  1. alien
  2. extraterrestrial

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

三星
Sān xīng
  1. 1 Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
  2. 2 Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
另外
lìng wài
  1. 1 additional
  2. 2 in addition
  3. 3 besides
  4. 4 separate
  5. 5 other
  6. 6 moreover
  7. 7 furthermore
外
wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 in addition
  3. 3 foreign
  4. 4 external
外套
wài tào
  1. 1 coat
  2. 2 jacket
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn]
外婆
wài pó
  1. 1 (coll.) mother's mother
  2. 2 maternal grandmother
外面
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance
意外
yì wài
  1. 1 unexpected
  2. 2 accident
  3. 3 mishap
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
明星
míng xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 celebrity
星
xīng
  1. 1 star
  2. 2 heavenly body
  3. 3 satellite
  4. 4 small amount
星座
xīng zuò
  1. 1 constellation
  2. 2 astrological sign
  3. 3 CL:張|张[zhāng]
星星
xīng xing
  1. 1 star in the sky
星期
xīng qī
  1. 1 week
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
  3. 3 day of the week
  4. 4 Sunday
中外
zhōng wài
  1. 1 Sino-foreign
  2. 2 Chinese-foreign
  3. 3 home and abroad
之外
zhī wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 excluding
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
五星
wǔ xīng
  1. 1 the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
五星级
wǔ xīng jí
  1. 1 five-star (hotel)
以外
yǐ wài
  1. 1 apart from
  2. 2 other than
  3. 3 except for
  4. 4 external
  5. 5 outside of
  6. 6 on the other side of
  7. 7 beyond
例外
lì wài
  1. 1 exception
  2. 2 to be an exception
内外
nèi wài
  1. 1 inside and outside
  2. 2 domestic and foreign
  3. 3 approximately
  4. 4 about

Idioms (20)

不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
人外有人，天外有天
rén wài yǒu rén , tiān wài yǒu tiān
  1. 1 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)
仇人相见，分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
付之度外
fù zhī dù wài
  1. 1 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth without considering the risks
  3. 3 to leave out of consideration
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
  1. 1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
  1. 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
内忧外困
nèi yōu wài kùn
  1. 1 internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
内忧外患
nèi yōu wài huàn
  1. 1 internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
喜出望外
xǐ chū wàng wài
  1. 1 to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom)
  2. 2 overjoyed at the turn of events
在家靠父母，出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
外来成语
wài lái chéng yǔ
  1. 1 loan idiom
外圆内方
wài yuán nèi fāng
  1. 1 lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. velvet glove
外宽内忌
wài kuān nèi jì
  1. 1 magnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside (idiom)
外强中干
wài qiáng zhōng gān
  1. 1 strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
女生外向
nu:3 shēng wài xiàng
  1. 1 a woman is born to leave her family (idiom)
  2. 2 a woman's heart is with her husband
家丑不可外传
jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán
  1. 1 lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom); fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public

Sample Sentences

喔，还真是八点了。今天这天是怎么了，还这么黑，外星人攻占地球了吗？
ō ，hái zhēn shì bādiǎn le 。jīntiān zhètiān shì zěnmele ，hái zhème hēi ，wàixīngrén gōng zhàn dìqiú le ma ？
Huh? It really is 8am. What's up with the sky today, why is it still so dark, have aliens invaded the earth?
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你先别急着认罪，我还没要跟你离婚！这部电影里说到一个人的思维模式，会受到他所使用的语言影响，女主角学了外星语言以后，就突然能够预知未来了。
nǐ xiān bié jí zhe rènzuì ，wǒ hái méi yào gēn nǐ líhūn ！zhè bù diànyǐng lǐ shuō dào yī ge rén de sīwéimóshì ，huì shòudào tā suǒ shǐyòng de yǔyán yǐngxiǎng ，nǚ zhǔjué xué le wàixīng yǔyán yǐhòu ，jiù tūrán nénggòu yùzhī wèilái le 。
Don't be so quick to confess. I don't want to divorce you yet! The film was about how the way a person thinks can be influenced by the language they use. After the protagonist learns an alien language, she is suddenly given foreknowledge of the future.
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对啊，超猛的，科学家不用去外太空搜寻什么外星人了，研究他们就够了。
duìa ，chāo měng de ，kēxuéjiā bùyòng qù wàitàikōng sōuxún shénme wàixīngrén le ，yánjiū tāmen jiù gòu le 。
Yeah, they're awesome, scientists don't need to go to outer space to find aliens, they should just research them.
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不是，我是外星人呦！
búshì ，wǒ shì wàixīngrén yōu ！
No, I'm an alien!
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火星上可能会有外星人。
huǒxīng shàng kěnéng huì yǒu wàixīngrén 。
There might be aliens on mars.
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是啊。你长得这么帅，应该到外星球上给咱们地球人做宣传。
shì a 。nǐ zhǎng de zhème shuài ，yīnggāi dào wàixīngqiú shang gěi zánmen dìqiúrén zuò xuānchuán 。
Yeah, you're so good-looking, you should go to the alien planet and promote Earth for us.
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外星人不会是爱上你了吧？他们怎么没把你带走呢？
wàixīngrén bùhuì shì àishàng nǐ le ba ？tāmen zěnme méi bǎ nǐ dàizǒu ne ？
Don't tell me the aliens fell in love with you! Why didn't they take you away with them?
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他们一句话也没说，我也不敢问。进了飞碟，里面的装饰很简单。外星人让我坐下，还让我喝水。接着，他们就用各种各样的仪器给我做检查。
tāmen yī jù huà yě méi shuō ，wǒ yě bùgǎn wèn 。jìn le fēidié ，lǐmiàn de zhuāngshì hěn jiǎndān 。wàixīngrén ràng wǒ zuòxia ，hái ràng wǒ hēshuǐ 。jiēzhe ，tāmen jiù yòng gèzhǒnggèyàng de yíqì gěi wǒ zuò jiǎnchá 。
They didn't say a word, and I didn't dare ask. We went into the flying saucer, and the inside was decorated simply. The aliens made me sit, then made me drink some water. Next, they used all kinds of instruments to inspect me.
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外星人到底长什么样？奇怪吗？
wàixīngrén dàodǐ zhǎng shénmeyàng ？qíguài ma ？
So what do aliens really look like? Weird?
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拜托，外星人不分男女的。当时，飞碟里下来两个外星人，他们拉着我的手，要把我带到飞碟上去。我吓呆了，只知道跟着走。
bàituō ，wàixīngrén bùfēn nánnǚ de 。dāngshí ，fēidié lǐ xiàlai liǎng ge wàixīngrén ，tāmen lā zhe wǒ de shǒu ，yào bǎ wǒ dàidào fēidié shàngqu 。wǒ xiàdāi le ，zhǐ zhīdào gēn zhe zǒu 。
Please, aliens aren't male and female. Then, from out of the flying saucer came two aliens. They took my hands and wanted to take me into the flying saucer. I was scared out of my mind, and all I could do was follow them.
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