外地人
wài dì rén
Pinyin

Definition

外地人
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wài dì rén
  1. stranger
  2. outsider

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
地
de
  1. 1 -ly
  2. 2 structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
地址
dì zhǐ
  1. 1 address
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè

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
一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
一败涂地
yī bài tú dì
  1. 1 failed and wiped over the floor (idiom); to fail utterly
  2. 2 a crushing defeat
  3. 3 beaten and in a hopeless position
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

Sample Sentences

想想也是，其实和外地人去大城市打工是一个初衷，只是那些人是通过偷渡去“洋打工”了。
xiǎngxiang yěshì ，qíshí hé wàidìrén qù dàchéngshì dǎgōng shì yī gè chūzhōng ，zhǐshì nàxiē rén shì tōngguò tōudù qù “yángdǎgōng ”le 。
Thinking about it, you’re right, it’s like the aspirations migrant workers have when they take jobs in cities away from home, it’s just that these people have to be smuggled into the West to work.
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哎，你们上海人就是好，我们外地人还要花高价跑去深圳通关。
āi ，nǐmen Shànghǎirén jiùshì hǎo ，wǒmen wàidìrén hái yào huā gāojià pǎo qù Shēnzhèn tōngguān 。
Yeah, you Shanghainese really have it good. We outsiders have to pay higher prices and go to Shenzhen to cross the border.
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啊？完蛋了，我老婆是外地人。她不能自由行了。
ǎ ？wándàn le ，wǒ lǎopó shì wàidìrén 。tā bù néng zìyóuxíng le 。
What? I'm screwed. My wife is an outsider. She can't travel freely.
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说来说去不就是那几件事吗？本地人的房产问题，外地人的情感问题。
shuōláishuōqù bù jiùshì nà jǐ jiàn shì ma ？běndìrén de fángchǎn wèntí ，wàidirén de qínggǎn wèntí 。
Isn't it all just talking about a few problems? Local people have real estate problems; people from outside have relationship problems.
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哎，谁说不是呢。可好歹咱也是建设上海的青年才俊，老被叫做外地人，在各方面受歧视，还真窝火。看来继续修炼，娶个上海老婆才是正经。
āi ，shéi shuō bù shì ne 。kě hǎodǎi zá yě shì jiànshè Shànghǎi de qīngniáncáijùn ，lǎo bèi jiàozuò wàidirén ，zài gèfāngmiàn shòu qíshì ，hái zhēn wōhuǒ 。kànlai jìxù xiūliàn ，qǔ ge Shànghǎi lǎopó cái shì zhèngjing 。
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