外国人
wài guó rén
Pinyin

Definition

外国人
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wài guó rén
  1. foreigner

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],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
nu:3 rén
  1. 1 woman
恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart
男人
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
不为人知
bù wéi rén zhī
  1. 1 not known to anyone
  2. 2 secret
  3. 3 unknown
世人
shì rén
  1. 1 people (in general)
  2. 2 people around the world
  3. 3 everyone
丢人
diū rén
  1. 1 to lose face
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
主人
zhǔ rén
  1. 1 master
  2. 2 host
  3. 3 owner
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
主持人
zhǔ chí rén
  1. 1 TV or radio presenter
  2. 2 host
  3. 3 anchor
之外
zhī wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 excluding
乱世佳人
Luàn shì Jiā rén
  1. 1 Gone with the Wind (film)
人事
rén shì
  1. 1 personnel
  2. 2 human resources
  3. 3 human affairs
  4. 4 ways of the world
  5. 5 (euphemism) sexuality
  6. 6 the facts of life
人人
rén rén
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 every person
人们
rén men
  1. 1 people
人儿
rén r5
  1. 1 figurine
人力
rén lì
  1. 1 manpower
  2. 2 labor power

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 nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
  1. 1 not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
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)
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
乘人不备
chéng rén bù bèi
  1. 1 to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to take sb by surprise
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
事在人为
shì zài rén wéi
  1. 1 the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort
  2. 2 With effort, one can achieve anything.
人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't judge a book by its cover
  3. 3 often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)
人之常情
rén zhī cháng qíng
  1. 1 human nature (idiom)
  2. 2 a behavior that is only natural

Sample Sentences

事件之后，泰国政府修改了代理孕母的相关法令，依法开罚并禁止外国人来泰国寻找代理孕母，如果公然违反这项法令，会被处以十年徒刑。
shìjiàn zhīhòu ，Tàiguó zhèngfǔ xiūgǎi le dàilǐyùnmǔ de xiāngguān fǎlǐng ，yīfǎ kāifá bìng jìnzhǐ wàiguórén lái Tàiguó xúnzhǎo dàilǐyùnmǔ ，rúguǒ gōngrán wéifǎn zhè xiàng fǎlǐng ，huì bèi chǔ yǐ shí nián túxíng 。
After it happened, the Thai government amended the laws relating to surrogates, which punishes and forbids foreigners from coming to Thailand to find a surrogate. If you're found to be publicly in violation of this law, you'll be sentenced to 10 years in prison.
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新开通的浦东国际人才港，位于上海自贸区张江片区。人才港里集成了外专、人社、出入境等办事部门，设立外国人审批服务“单一窗口”。
Xīn kāitōng de Pǔdōng guójì réncái gǎng ，wèiyú Shànghǎi zìmàoqū zhāngjiāng piàn qū 。réncái gǎng lǐ jíchéng le wài zhuān 、rén shè 、chūrù jìng děng bànshì bùmén ，shèlì wàiguórén shěnpī fúwù “dānyī chuāngkǒu ”。
The newly opened Pudong International Talent Port is located in Zhangjiang District of Shanghai Free Trade Zone. The talent port integrates foreign affairs, personnel, entry and exit, and other departments to set up a "single window" for foreigners to approve services.
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第二:5天完成审批外国人来华工作能“一网通办”
dìèr tiān wánchéng shěnpī wàiguórén láiHuá gōngzuò néng “yī wǎng tōng bàn ”
Second: 5 days to complete the approval of foreigners to work in China through a “one stop service.”
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那汤包总行了吧？没有外国人不喜欢汤包的。
nà tāngbāo zǒng xíng le ba ？méiyǒu wàiguórén bù xǐhuan tāngbāo de 。
Then steamed dumplings are always good, no? No foreigners dislike steamed dumplings.
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正巧！他就是那个不喜欢汤包的外国人，哈哈！
zhèngqiǎo ！tā jiù shì nàge bù xǐhuan tāngbāo de wàiguórén ，hāhā ！
What a coincidence! He happens to be the only foreigner who doesn't like steamed dumplings, ha ha!
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这么多，外国人吃个饭还真折腾！
zhème duō ，wàiguórén chī gè fàn hái zhēn zhēteng ！
That many! It is really torturous for foreigners to eat a meal !
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外国人是不是都喜欢吃这个？
wàiguórén shì bushì dōu xǐhuan chī zhè ge ？
Do all foreigners like to eat that?
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不是这个问题，是签证的问题。持学生签证的外国人是不能在中国实习的。
bùshì zhè ge wèntí ，shì qiānzhèng de wèntí 。chí xuésheng qiānzhèng de wàiguórén shì bùnéng zài Zhōngguó shíxí de 。
That isn't the issue. It's a visa issue. Foreigners possessing student visas can't do internships in China.
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是啊，外国人在中国，就算只是实习，都需要办理工作签证。
shì a ，wàiguórén zài Zhōngguó ，jiùsuàn zhǐshì shíxí ，dōu xūyào bànlǐ gōngzuò qiānzhèng 。
Yes. For foreigners in China, even if they only want to be an intern, they still need to obtain a work visa.
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我看到一个酒店，是外国人开的。
wǒ kàndào yī gè jiǔdiàn ，shì wàiguórén kāi de 。
I read that there's a hotel that a foreigner opened.
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