对外 對外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) 外交部 wài jiāo bù Ministry of Foreign Affairs / foreign office / Dept. of State 外援 wài yuán foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas 中外 zhōng wài Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad syn 外籍 wài jí foreign (i.e. of foreign nationality) 外交部长 外交部長 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs 丞相 chéng xiàng the most senior minister of many kingdoms or dynasties (with varying roles) / prime minister syn 租界 zū jiè foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries) syn 外企 wài qǐ foreign enterprise / company established in mainland China with direct investment from foreign entities or from investors in Taiwan, Macao or Hong Kong / abbr. for 外資企業|外资企业 副总理 副總理 fù zǒng lǐ vice-premier / vice prime minister / deputy prime minister 李肇星 lǐ zhào xīng Li Zhaoxing (1940-), former PRC foreign minister 陈毅 陳毅 chén yì Chen Yi (1901-1972), communist general and politician, Marshal of PLA from 1955, Mayor of Shanghai in 1950s, PRC foreign minister 1958-1972 洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning syn 胡志强 胡志強 hú zhì qiáng Jason Hu (1948-), former Taiwan foreign minister 外事处 外事處 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 沈国放 沈國放 shěn guó fàng Shen Guofang (1952-), PRC assistant minister of foreign affairs (2003-2005) 外 wài outside / in addition / foreign / external syn 相 xiàng appearance / portrait / picture / government minister / (physics) phase / (literary) to appraise (esp. by scrutinizing physical features) / to read sb's fortune (by physiognomy, palmistry etc) syn 部长 部長 bù zhǎng head of a (government etc) department / section chief / section head / secretary / minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] 首相 shǒu xiàng prime minister (of Japan or UK etc) syn 外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn 布朗 bù lǎng Brown (name) / Gordon Brown (1951-), UK politician, prime minister 2007-2010 国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn 外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 酋长 酋長 qiú zhǎng headman (of primitive people) / tribal chief / used as translation for foreign leaders, e.g. Indian Rajah or Arab Sheik or Emir 总理 總理 zǒng lǐ premier / prime minister / CL:個|个[ge4],位[wei4],名[ming2] syn 外来 外來 wài lái external / foreign / outside syn 卡斯特罗 卡斯特羅 kǎ sī tè luó Castro (name) / Fidel Castro or Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (1926-2016), Cuban revolutionary leader, prime minister 1959-1976, president 1976-2008 大臣 dà chén chancellor (of a monarchy) / cabinet minister syn 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn 国防部长 國防部長 guó fáng bù zhǎng Defense secretary / Defense Minister 异国 異國 yì guó exotic / foreign syn 外语 外語 wài yǔ foreign language / CL:門|门[men2] syn 路德 lù dé Luther (name) / Martin Luther (1483-1546), reformation protestant minister 苏格拉底 蘇格拉底 sū gé lā dǐ Socrates (469-399 BC), Greek philosopher / José Sócrates (1957-), prime minister of Portugal (2005-2011) 异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn 接任 jiē rèn to take over (as minister, manager etc) syn 踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) syn 小泉 xiǎo quán Koizumi (name) / KOIZUMI Jun'ichirō, Japanese LDP politician, prime minister 2001-2006 异物 異物 yì wù rarity / rare delicacy / foreign matter / alien body / the dead / ghost / monstrosity / alien life-form syn 召见 召見 zhào jiàn call in (one's subordinates) / summon (an envoy of a foreign country) to an interview 内外 內外 nèi wài inside and outside / domestic and foreign / approximately / about syn 派驻 派駐 pài zhù to dispatch (sb) in an official capacity / to be posted (as an ambassador, foreign correspondent etc) 外汇 外匯 wài huì foreign (currency) exchange 撒切尔 撒切爾 sā qiē ěr Thatcher (name) / Baroness Thatcher or Margaret Thatcher (1925-2013), British conservative politician, prime minister 1979-1990 内政部长 內政部長 nèi zhèng bù zhǎng Minister of the Interior 约见 約見 yuē jiàn to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador) 李斯 lǐ sī Li Si (c. 280-208 BC), Legalist philosopher, calligrapher and prime minister of Qin kingdom and Qin dynasty from 246 to 208 BC 异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land syn 诸葛亮 諸葛亮 zhū gě liàng Zhuge Liang (181-234), military leader and prime minister of Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉[Shu3 Han4] during the Three Kingdoms period / the main hero of the fictional Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[San1guo2 Yan3yi4], where he is portrayed as a sage and military genius / (fig.) a mastermind syn 他乡 他鄉 tā xiāng foreign land / away from one's native place syn 洋鬼子 yáng guǐ zi foreign devil / term of abuse for Westerners syn 外务 外務 wài wù foreign affairs syn 财政部长 財政部長 cái zhèng bù zhǎng minister of finance 邱吉尔 邱吉爾 qiū jí ěr Winston Churchill (1874-1965), UK politican and prime minister 1940-1945 and 1951-1955 / surname Churchill 留学生 留學生 liú xué shēng student studying abroad / returned student / foreign student / international student 外文 wài wén foreign language (written) syn 外币 外幣 wài bì foreign currency 外事 wài shì foreign affairs syn 外贸 外貿 wài mào foreign trade 单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn 意译 意譯 yì yì meaning (of foreign expression) / translation of the meaning (as opposed to literal translation 直譯|直译) / paraphrase / free translation 宰相 zǎi xiàng prime minister (in feudal China) syn 圣上 聖上 shèng shàng courtier's or minister's form of address for the current Emperor syn 外宾 外賓 wài bīn foreign guest / international visitor 司马 司馬 sī mǎ Minister of War (official title in pre-Han Chinese states) / two-character surname Sima 侍郎 shì láng (Ming and Qing dynasties) vice-minister of one of the Six Boards / (also an official title in earlier dynasties) 外债 外債 wài zhài foreign debt 侨居 僑居 qiáo jū to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country syn 涉外 shè wài concerning foreigners or foreign affairs 外国语 外國語 wài guó yǔ foreign language syn 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 奸臣 jiān chén a treacherous court official / a minister who conspires against the state syn 公使 gōng shǐ minister / diplomat performing ambassadorial role in Qing times, before regular diplomatic relations 舶来品 舶來品 bó lái pǐn (old) imported goods / foreign goods syn 汉学 漢學 hàn xué sinology / Chinese studies (in foreign schools) / Han Learning, a Qing dynasty movement aiming at a philological appraisal of the Classics 洋气 洋氣 yáng qì Western style / foreign flavor / trendy / fashionable syn 外办 外辦 wài bàn foreign affairs office 自养 自養 zì yǎng self-sustaining / economically independent (of state aid, foreign subsidy etc) 外资 外資 wài zī foreign investment 独资 獨資 dú zī wholly-owned (often by foreign company) / exclusive investment 外电 外電 wài diàn reports from foreign news agencies 西文 xī wén Spanish / Western language / foreign languages (in Qing times) 财长 財長 cái zhǎng treasurer / head of finances / minister of finance 巡捕 xún bǔ to patrol / policeman (in China's former foreign concessions) syn 外患 wài huàn foreign aggression syn 闭关锁国 閉關鎖國 bì guān suǒ guó to close the passes and seal off the country / to close a country to exclude foreign contact syn 他乡遇故知 他鄉遇故知 tā xiāng yù gù zhī meeting an old friend in a foreign place (idiom) 外商 wài shāng foreign businessman 领导小组 領導小組 lǐng dǎo xiǎo zǔ leading small group (LSG), a CCP body that exercises general oversight on matters relating to a specific area (LSG for foreign affairs 外事工作, LSG for comprehensively deepening reforms 全面深化改革 etc) / aka central leading group 副部长 副部長 fù bù zhǎng assistant (government) minister 司徒 sī tú minister of land and people (in ancient times) 对外贸易 對外貿易 duì wài mào yì foreign trade 尚书 尚書 shàng shū high official / government minister syn 听来 聽來 tīng lái to sound (old, foreign, exciting, right etc) / to ring (true) / to sound as if (i.e. to give the listener an impression) / to hear from somewhere 直接投资 直接投資 zhí jiē tóu zī Foreign 外汇储备 外匯儲備 wài huì chǔ bèi foreign-exchange reserves 特别行政区 特別行政區 tè bié xíng zhèng qū special administrative region (SAR), of which there are two in the PRC: Hong Kong 香港 and Macau 澳門|澳门 / refers to many different areas during late Qing, foreign occupation, warlord period and Nationalist government / refers to special zones in North Korea and Indonesia 