异国
yì guó
Pinyin

Definition

异国
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yì guó
  1. exotic
  2. foreign

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中国
Zhōng guó
  1. 1 China
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
国
Guó
  1. 1 surname Guo
国内
guó nèi
  1. 1 domestic
  2. 2 internal (to a country)
  3. 3 civil
国家
guó jiā
  1. 1 country
  2. 2 nation
  3. 3 state
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
国际
guó jì
  1. 1 international
异性
yì xìng
  1. 1 the opposite sex
  2. 2 of the opposite sex
  3. 3 heterosexual
  4. 4 different in nature
美国
Měi guó
  1. 1 United States
  2. 2 USA
  3. 3 US
英国
Yīng guó
  1. 1 United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lián hé wáng guó]
  2. 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  3. 3 abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Yīng gé lán]
韩国
Hán guó
  1. 1 South Korea (Republic of Korea)
  2. 2 Han, one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄[zhàn guó qī xióng]
  3. 3 Korea from the fall of the Joseon dynasty in 1897
中国式
Zhōng guó shì
  1. 1 Chinese style
  2. 2 à la chinoise
亡国
wáng guó
  1. 1 (of a nation) to be destroyed
  2. 2 subjugation
  3. 3 vanquished nation
俄国
É guó
  1. 1 Russia
优异
yōu yì
  1. 1 exceptional
  2. 2 outstandingly good
全国
quán guó
  1. 1 whole nation
  2. 2 nationwide
  3. 3 countrywide
  4. 4 national
共和国
gòng hé guó
  1. 1 republic
出国
chū guó
  1. 1 to go abroad
  2. 2 to leave the country
  3. 3 emigration
北国
běi guó
  1. 1 the northern part of the country
  2. 2 the North
吴国
Wú guó
  1. 1 Wu state (in south China, in different historical periods)
  2. 2 Wu state 220-280, founded by Sun Quan 孫權|孙权 the southernmost of the three Kingdoms
回国
huí guó
  1. 1 to return to one's home country

Idioms (20)

亡国灭种
wáng guó miè zhǒng
  1. 1 country destroyed, its people annihilated (idiom); total destruction
以身报国
yǐ shēn bào guó
  1. 1 to give one's body for the nation (idiom); to spend one's whole life in the service of the country
以身许国
yǐ shēn xǔ guó
  1. 1 to dedicate oneself to the cause of one's country (idiom)
保家卫国
bǎo jiā wèi guó
  1. 1 guard home, defend the country (idiom); national defense
倾国倾城
qīng guó qīng chéng
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
  3. 3 also written 傾城傾國|倾城倾国[qīng chéng qīng guó]
倾城倾国
qīng chéng qīng guó
  1. 1 lit. capable of causing the downfall of a city or state (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a woman) devastatingly beautiful
两国相争，不斩来使
liǎng guó xiāng zhēng , bù zhǎn lái shǐ
  1. 1 when two kingdoms are at war, they don't execute envoys (idiom)
勤俭建国
qín jiǎn jiàn guó
  1. 1 to build up the country through thrift and hard work (idiom)
同床异梦
tóng chuáng yì mèng
  1. 1 lit. to share the same bed with different dreams (idiom); ostensible partners with different agendas
  2. 2 strange bedfellows
  3. 3 marital dissension
周游列国
zhōu yóu liè guó
  1. 1 to travel around many countries (idiom); peregrinations
  2. 2 refers to the travels of Confucius
丧权辱国
sàng quán rǔ guó
  1. 1 to forfeit sovereignty and humiliate the country (idiom)
  2. 2 to surrender territory under humiliating terms
因人而异
yīn rén ér yì
  1. 1 varying from person to person (idiom); different for each individual
国家兴亡，匹夫有责
guó jiā xīng wáng , pǐ fū yǒu zé
  1. 1 The rise and fall of the nation concerns everyone (idiom). Everyone bears responsibility for the prosperity of society.
国弱民穷
guó ruò mín qióng
  1. 1 the country weakened and the people empoverished (idiom)
国泰民安
guó tài mín ān
  1. 1 the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
国破家亡
guó pò jiā wáng
  1. 1 the country ruined and the people starving (idiom)
国色天香
guó sè tiān xiāng
  1. 1 national grace, divine fragrance (idiom); an outstanding beauty
天香国色
tiān xiāng guó sè
  1. 1 divine fragrance, national grace (idiom); an outstanding beauty
奇珍异宝
qí zhēn yì bǎo
  1. 1 rare treasure (idiom)
奇花异卉
qí huā yì huì
  1. 1 exotic flowers and rare herbs (idiom)

Sample Sentences

真的吗？他们也都是异国恋吗？
zhēn de ma ？tāmen yě dōu shì yìguóliàn ma ？
Really? Are they all in cross-cultural relationships too?
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去法租界么，主要是感受那种异国风情和小资情调。要不我带你去几个典型的地方感觉感觉？
qù Fǎzūjiè me ，zhǔyào shì gǎnshòu nà zhǒng yìguófēngqíng hé xiǎozīqíngdiào 。yàobu wǒ dài nǐ qù jǐ ge diǎnxíng de dìfang gǎnjué gǎnjue ？
As far as the French Concession goes, the main reason to go is to take in the exotic, bourgeois feel. How about I take you to a few of the classic spots to let you get a feel for the area?
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