才外流
cái wài liú
Pinyin

Definition

才外流
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cái wài liú
  1. brain drain

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
才
cái
  1. 1 ability
  2. 2 talent
  3. 3 sb of a certain type
  4. 4 a capable individual
  5. 5 only
  6. 6 only then
  7. 7 just now
一流
yī liú
  1. 1 top quality
  2. 2 front ranking
下流
xià liú
  1. 1 lower course of a river
  2. 2 low-class
  3. 3 mean and lowly
  4. 4 vulgar
  5. 5 obscene
中外
zhōng wài
  1. 1 Sino-foreign
  2. 2 Chinese-foreign
  3. 3 home and abroad
主流
zhǔ liú
  1. 1 main stream (of a river)
  2. 2 fig. the essential point
  3. 3 main viewpoint of a matter
  4. 4 mainstream (culture etc)
之外
zhī wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 excluding
交流
jiāo liú
  1. 1 to exchange
  2. 2 exchange
  3. 3 communication
  4. 4 interaction
  5. 5 to have social contact (with sb)
人才
rén cái
  1. 1 talent
  2. 2 talented person
  3. 3 looks
  4. 4 attractive looks
人流
rén liú
  1. 1 stream of people
  2. 2 abortion
  3. 3 abbr. for 人工流產|人工流产[rén gōng liú chǎn]
以外
yǐ wài
  1. 1 apart from
  2. 2 other than
  3. 3 except for
  4. 4 external
  5. 5 outside of
  6. 6 on the other side of
  7. 7 beyond
例外
lì wài
  1. 1 exception
  2. 2 to be an exception
倒流
dào liú
  1. 1 to flow backwards
  2. 2 reverse flow
内外
nèi wài
  1. 1 inside and outside
  2. 2 domestic and foreign
  3. 3 approximately
  4. 4 about
分外
fèn wài
  1. 1 exceptionally
  2. 2 not one's responsibility or job
刚才
gāng cái
  1. 1 just now
  2. 2 a moment ago
口才
kǒu cái
  1. 1 eloquence
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
国外
guó wài
  1. 1 abroad
  2. 2 external (affairs)
  3. 3 overseas
  4. 4 foreign

Idioms (20)

不打不成才
bù dǎ bù chéng cái
  1. 1 spare the rod and spoil the child (idiom)
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)
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
人才济济
rén cái jǐ jǐ
  1. 1 a galaxy of talent (idiom)
  2. 2 a great number of competent people
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
付之东流
fù zhī dōng liú
  1. 1 to commit to the waters (idiom); to lose sth irrevocably
佳人才子
jiā rén cái zǐ
  1. 1 beautiful lady, gifted scholar (idiom)
  2. 2 pair of ideal lovers
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
  1. 1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
兄弟阋于墙，外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
  1. 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
内忧外困
nèi yōu wài kùn
  1. 1 internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
内忧外患
nèi yōu wài huàn
  1. 1 internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
博学多才
bó xué duō cái
  1. 1 erudite and multi-talented (idiom); versatile and able
口碑流传
kǒu bēi liú chuán
  1. 1 widely praised (idiom); with an extensive public reputation
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
同流合污
tóng liú hé wū
  1. 1 to wallow in the mire with sb (idiom); to follow the bad example of others

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