外卖 (外賣)
wài mài
Pinyin
Definition
外卖 (外賣)
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- to go
- take out (relates to food bought at a restaurant)
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 additional
- 2 in addition
- 3 besides
- 4 separate
- 5 other
- 6 moreover
- 7 furthermore
- 1 outside
- 2 in addition
- 3 foreign
- 4 external
- 1 (coll.) mother's mother
- 2 maternal grandmother
- 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
- 2 surface
- 3 exterior
- 4 external appearance
Idioms (20)
不足为外人道
- 1 no use to tell others
- 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
九霄云外
- 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
- 2 unimaginably far away
人外有人,天外有天
- 1 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)
仇人相见,分外眼红
- 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
付之度外
- 1 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
- 2 to do sth without considering the risks
- 3 to leave out of consideration
Sample Sentences
加油,我给你们点外卖。
Keep going. I’ll order you some food delivery.
屋内一张桌子上,放了一个大相框,框上系着两条黑绳,框里是女孩儿的头像照片儿。相框前点着两支白色的蜡烛,中间摆了一个秦宇他们店里的外卖咖啡杯。
In the room, there was a desk. On top of it was a picture frame with the girl's portrait, tied with two black ropes. There were two white candles lit up in front of the frame, and there was a coffee cup from QinYu's shop in between the candles.
我看看啊,“50元代金劵仅限外卖自取”,外卖居然不支持送餐,你是在逗我玩儿吗?
Let me see. $50 voucher limited to self pick up takeaway. Takeouts limited to self pick up, are you joking?
真是抱歉,是我的疏忽,要不…作为补偿,送您50元的外卖优惠券吧,我们下个月起就支持网上订餐了。
I’m very sorry for my negligence. As a compensation, please accept this $50 voucher for takeaway orders when our online ordering service is available.
外卖
takeout
外卖!
The take out!
下这么大的雨,还要出来送外卖,也真不是人干的。
People still have to do deliveries while there is such heavy rain out? It's not a job most people would want.
不知道,也许他们会放个摄像头,没人就再飞回去,也比让送外卖的跑来跑去好。
I don't know, maybe they put a camera on it and if no one is home they'll fly back. It's better than a delivery person having to run back and forth.
我的外卖送了吗?
Is my takeout on the way?
现在每天Connie和Greg都会点珍珠奶茶,然后就有一个人到我们办公室来送奶茶。这个其实是送外卖。
Nowadays Connie and Greg both order milk tea every day and a person delivers it to our office. This is actually delivering takeout.