外公
wài gōng
Pinyin

Definition

外公
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wài gōng
  1. (coll.) mother's father
  2. maternal grandfather

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

公主
gōng zhǔ
  1. 1 princess
公交
gōng jiāo
  1. 1 public transportation
  2. 2 mass transit
  3. 3 abbr. for 公共交通[gōng gòng jiāo tōng]
公交车
gōng jiāo chē
  1. 1 public transport vehicle
  2. 2 town bus
  3. 3 classifier: 辆 liàng
公司
gōng sī
  1. 1 (business) company
  2. 2 company
  3. 3 firm
  4. 4 corporation
  5. 5 incorporated
  6. 6 classifier: 家 jiā
公园
gōng yuán
  1. 1 park (for public recreation)
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
  3. 3 classifier: 座 zuò

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

Sample Sentences

外婆好，外公好！
wàipó hǎo ，wàigōng hǎo ！
Hello grandma and grandpa!
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我看你外公是在唬你。
wǒ kàn nǐ wàigōng shì zài hǔ nǐ 。
I think your grandfather was joking around with you.
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是我外公说的，他说他年轻时在老家看过”赶尸队“。
shì wǒ wàigōng shuōde ，tā shuō tā niánqīngshí zài lǎojiā kàn guò ”gǎnshīduì “。
My grandfather told me, he said that when he was younger he once saw a procession of people taking a corpse back home in his hometown.
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可是外公是最疼你的，他身体这么差，你怎么舍得把他往外推。
kěshì wàigōng shì zuì téng nǐ de ，tā shēntǐ zhème chà ，nǐ zěnme shěde bǎ tā wǎng wài tuī 。
But granddad was always so fond of you and with his health so bad, how could you bear to send him away.
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我知道你和外公感情好，可是真的没办法，无可奈何。他的老年痴呆症越来越严重了，医生说现在已经是中期了，我们压力太大了。
wǒ zhīdào nǐ hé wàigōng gǎnqíng hǎo ，kěshì zhēnde méi bànfǎ ，wúkěnàihé 。tā de lǎonián chīdāizhèng yuèláiyuè yánzhòng le ，yīshēng shuō xiànzài yǐjīng shì zhōngqī le ，wǒmen yālì tàidà le 。
I know that you’re very close to your grandfather, but there was nothing else we could do, we had no choice. His dementia has gotten worse and worse, the doctor said he’s already progressed to the mid-stages, it was too much stress for us.
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我心里难过。刚刚你爸和我，把你外公送到老年康复院去了。
wǒ xīnli nánguò 。gānggāng nǐ bà hé wǒ ，bǎ nǐ wàigōng sòngdào lǎoniánkāngfùyuàn qù le 。
I’m a little upset. Your dad and I just took your grandfather to a care home.
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不是养老院，是专门的老年康复医院，收治的都是阿兹海默症患者，大多数老人都是不具有自主行为能力的，他们有专业的设施和护理人员。住在那里，可能对你外公的病情更好些。
bùshì yǎnglǎoyuàn ，shì zhuānmén de lǎonián kāngfù yīyuàn ，shōuzhì de dōu shì āzīhǎimòzhèng huànzhě ，dàduōshù lǎorén dōu shì bù jùyǒu zìzhǔ xíngwéi nénglì de ，tāmen yǒu zhuānyè de shèshī hé hùlǐrényuán 。zhùzài nàlǐ ，kěnéng duì nǐ wàigōng de bìngqíng gèng hǎo xiē 。
It’s not a retirement home, it’s a specialist care facility for the elderly, all the patients under treatment there suffer from Alzheimer's, the majority of the elderly people there have no control of their own behaviour, they have specialist facilities and nursing staff. Living there might help your grandfather’s condition.
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你不知道，你外公现在说话语无伦次，脾气也很坏，动不动就骂人。而且动作也不协调，经常摔跤。作息时间也是日夜颠倒，他整夜不睡，我和你爸爸晚上也睡不好。我们白天又要上班，真是太累了。
nǐ bù zhīdào ，nǐ wàigōng xiànzài shuōhuà yǔwúlúncì ，píqì yě hěn huài ，dòng bu dòng jiù màrén 。érqiě dòngzuò yě bù xiétiáo ，jīngcháng shuāijiāo 。zuòxī shíjiān yě shì rìyè diāndào ，tā zhěng yè bù shuì ，wǒ hé nǐ bàba wǎnshang yě shuìbuhǎo 。wǒmen báitiān yòu yào shàngbān ，zhēn shì tài lèi le 。
You don’t understand, your grandfather’s speech is incoherent now, and he’s really irritable, he shouts at people over the slightest thing. His movements aren’t coordinated and he falls over all the time. His sleep patterns are all messed up as well, he sleeps all day and doesn’t sleep at all at night, so your dad and I can’t get enough sleep. We both have to work during the day, it’s exhausting.
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在南方，我们一直会说：外公、外婆。
zài nánfāng ，wǒmen yīzhí huì shuō ：wàigōng 、wàipó 。
In the South, we always say: wàigōng and wàipó.
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但是我记得我的外公，他是很严肃的。
dànshì wǒ jìde wǒ de wàigōng ，tā shì hěn yánsù de 。
But I remember my grandfather was very serious.
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