度外
dù wài
Pinyin

Definition

度外
 - 
dù wài
  1. outside the sphere of one's consideration

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

外
wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 in addition
  3. 3 foreign
  4. 4 external
外面
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance
度
dù
  1. 1 to pass
  2. 2 to spend (time)
  3. 3 measure
  4. 4 limit
  5. 5 extent
  6. 6 degree of intensity
  7. 7 degree (angles, temperature etc)
  8. 8 kilowatt-hour
  9. 9 classifier for events and occurrences
速度
sù dù
  1. 1 speed
  2. 2 rate
  3. 3 velocity
  4. 4 (music) tempo
  5. 5 classifier: 个 gè
一度
yī dù
  1. 1 for a time
  2. 2 at one time
  3. 3 one time
  4. 4 once

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

这就是典型的“置百姓死生于度外“，这些政府官员哪里懂得民间疾苦啊？
zhè jiùshì diǎnxíng de “zhì bǎixìng sǐ shēng yú dùwài “，zhèxiē zhèngfǔ guānyuán nǎli dǒngde mínjiān jíkǔ ā ？
This is a real classic case of "not caring about the lives of the public". It just shows how little these government officials understand the difficulties faced by the public.
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