外人
wài rén
Pinyin

Definition

外人
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wài rén
  1. outsider
  2. foreigner
  3. stranger

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 classifier: 个 gè
  5. 5 classifier: 位 wèi
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nǚ rén
  1. 1 woman
恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nǚ rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)

Sample Sentences

他们不能决定判决，而是与法官一起审判案件。中国的陪审员制度是从不同的角度分析案件，使法官听取来自业外人士的意见，丰富思维判断。同时对法官进行监督和约束。
tāmen bùnéng juédìng pànjué ，érshì yǔ fǎguān yīqǐ shěnpàn ànjiàn 。Zhōngguó de péishěnyuán zhìdù shì cóng bùtóng de jiǎodù fēnxī ànjiàn ，shǐ fǎguān tīngqǔ láizì yèwài rénshì de yìjiàn ，fēngfù sīwéi pànduàn 。tóngshí duì fǎguān jìnxíng jiāndū hé yuēshù 。
They can't decide cases, and they try cases together with the judge. The Chinese jury system analyzes cases from different perspectives, and makes judges hear views from outsiders with a lot of knowledge. At the same time, they observe and restrain the judges.
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嘿，我说你这是什么意思呀？我们也只是小打小闹，你一外人懂什么呀？
hēi ，wǒ shuō nǐ zhè shì shénme yìsi ya ？wǒmen yě zhǐshì xiǎo dǎ xiǎo nào ，nǐ yī wàirén dǒng shénme ya ？
Hey, what do you mean by that? Our disagreements aren't such a big deal, what would an outsider like you understand?
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但是在馆子里边吃饭跟在家里边吃，氛围是不一样的。好多人也可能选择到馆子里去吃饭，但是那边里可能会非常地吵啊，非常地挤啊，包括你要菜呀什么的，不可能马上就把菜给你上来了。那个时候还要等，觉得挺麻烦的。再说，在自己家里，大家一家人嘛，也没有外人，大家可以很开心，想谈什么就谈什么，想怎样玩就怎样玩，想怎样吃就怎样吃。但是你要是去馆子的话，那毕竟是在公共场合了，所以有些地方你要......
dànshì zài guǎnzi lǐbiān chīfàn gēn zài jiālǐ biān chī ，fēnwéi shì bùyīyàng de 。hǎo duō rén yě kěnéng xuǎnzé dào guǎnzi lǐ qù chīfàn ，dànshì nà lǐbiān kěnéng huì fēicháng de chāo ā ，fēicháng de jǐ ā ，bāokuò nǐ yào cài yā shénme de ，bù kěnéng mǎshàng jiù bǎ cài gěi nǐ shànglái le 。nàge shíhou hái yào děng ，juéde tǐng máfan de 。zàishuō ，zài zìjǐ jiālǐ ，dàjiā yījiārén ma ，yě méiyǒu wàirén ，dàjiā kěyǐ hěn kāixīn ，xiǎng tán shénme jiù Tán shénme ，xiǎng zěnyàng wán jiù zěnyàng wán ，xiǎng zěnyàng chī jiù zěnyàng chī 。dànshì nǐ yàoshì qù guǎnzi dehuà ，nà bìjìng shì zài gōnggòng chánghé le ，suǒyǐ yǒuxiē dìfang nǐ yào ......
But eating in a restaurant, the atmosphere in a restaurant is really different from home. A lot of people might choose to go out to a restaurant to eat, but it will definitely be very noisy and crowded. And also, when you want your dishes, they won't be able to serve you immediately. You have to wait, and it seems like a big hassle. Plus, at home, everyone is from the same family. There are no outsiders. So everybody is very relaxed. You can talk about whatever you like, and have fun however you like. You can eat however you want. But if you go to a restaurant, after all, that is a public situation, so there may be a few things you need to...
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啊呀，你是本宫的人。本宫叫你吃你就吃，叫你说你就说，再说这里又没有外人！
āyā ，nǐ shì běngōng de rén 。běngōng jiào nǐ chī nǐ jiù chī ，jiào nǐ shuō nǐ jiù shuō ，zài shuō zhèlǐ yòu méiyǒu wàirén ！
Oh, you belong to me! You eat if I tell you to eat, and you speak if I tell you to speak. And anyway, there aren't any outsiders here!
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