门外汉 (門外漢)
mén wài hàn
Pinyin

Definition

门外汉 (門外漢)
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mén wài hàn
  1. layman

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

我是个门外汉，不过我想除了中国的经济活力和综合实力，专业素养也是海外IT发包商看重我们的重要原因。我们的教育系统向来重视理科，所以，绝对不缺优秀的软件开发人员。
wǒ shì ge ménwàihàn ，bùguò wǒ xiǎng chúle Zhōngguó de jīngjì huólì hé zōnghé shílì ，zhuānyè sùyǎng yě shì hǎiwài IT fābāoshāng kànzhòng wǒmen de zhóngyào yuányīn 。wǒmen de jiàoyù xìtǒng xiànglái zhòngshì lǐkē ，suǒyǐ ，juéduì bù quē yōuxiù de ruǎnjiàn kāifā rényuán 。
I'm not really well-informed about this, I think that the main reasons for foreign IT companies to take China seriously are economic vitality, integrated power, and professional attainment. Our education system has always placed a premium on sciences. So we definitely do not lack excellent software developers.
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看来我这个门外汉要搞定这些东西难度不小啊。王先生，我决定还是你们来代理吧。
kànlai wǒ zhè ge ménwàihàn yào gǎodìng zhèxiē dōngxi nándù bù xiǎo ā 。Wáng xiānsheng ，wǒ juédìng háishì nǐmen lái dàilǐ ba 。
Okay... it seems to me that having us amateurs do these things won't be easy. Mr. Wang, I've decided it would be better if your company goes ahead and acts as a proxy after all.
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