外甥
wài shēng
Pinyin

Definition

外甥
 - 
wài shēng
  1. sister's son
  2. wife's sibling's son

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

另外
lìng wài
  1. 1 additional
  2. 2 in addition
  3. 3 besides
  4. 4 separate
  5. 5 other
  6. 6 moreover
  7. 7 furthermore
外
wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 in addition
  3. 3 foreign
  4. 4 external
外套
wài tào
  1. 1 coat
  2. 2 jacket
  3. 3 classifier: 件 jiàn
外婆
wài pó
  1. 1 (coll.) mother's mother
  2. 2 maternal grandmother
外面
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance

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

是啊，至少我周围的人都很喜欢混血儿。就拿我的外甥女来说吧，不管是我姐姐的邻居还是朋友，每次看到这孩子都抢着要抱她亲她。大家还说，这孩子将来肯定是个小才女，学贯中西、前途不可限量啊。
shì ā ，zhìshǎo wǒ zhōuwéi de rén dōu hěn xǐhuan húnxiěér 。jiù ná wǒ de wàishengnǚ láishuō ba ，bùguǎn shì wǒ jiějie de línjū háishì péngyou ，měicì kàndào zhè háizi dōu qiāng zhe yào bào tā qīn tā 。dàjiā hái shuō ，zhè háizi jiānglái kěndìng shì ge xiǎo cáinǚ ，xuéguànzhōngxī 、qiántú bùkěxiànliàng ā 。
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