内丹 內丹 nèi dān Taoist internal alchemy 炉火纯青 爐火純青 lú huǒ chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection syn 炼金术 煉金術 liàn jīn shù alchemy 抱朴子 抱樸子 bào pǔ zǐ Baopuzi, collection of essays by Ge Hong 葛洪[Ge3 Hong2] on alchemy, immortality, legalism, society etc 炉火纯青 爐火純青 lú huǒ - chún qīng lit. the stove fire has turned bright green (allusion to Daoist alchemy) (idiom) / fig. (of an art, a technique etc) brought to the point of perfection syn 对外 對外 duì wài external / foreign / pertaining to external or foreign (affairs) 欧盟成员国欧洲外部边界行动合作管理局 歐盟成員國歐洲外部邊界行動合作管理局 European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union / European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders Frontex 外部中子起爆器 external neutron initiator / external initiator 外聘审计团 外聘審計團 wài pìn shěn jì tuán Panel of External Auditors of the United Nations, the Specialized Agencies and the International Atomic Energy Agency / Panel of External Auditors 机外负载 機外負載 external loads / external load capability 道人 dào rén Taoist devotee (honorific) syn 道长 道長 dào zhǎng Taoist priest / Daoist priest 道场 道場 dào chǎng Taoist or Buddhist rite / abbr. for 菩提道場|菩提道场[Pu2 ti2 dao4 chang3] syn 真经 真經 zhēn jīng sutra / Taoist treatise syn 贫道 貧道 pín dào poor Taoist syn 道袍 dào páo Taoist robe / traditional men's gown syn 辟谷 辟穀 pì gǔ to abstain from eating cereals (Taoist practice) / to fast 观 觀 guàn Taoist monastery / palace gate watchtower / platform syn 藏 zàng storehouse / depository / Buddhist or Taoist scripture syn 募化 mù huà (of a Buddhist monk or Taoist priest) to collect alms syn 箓 籙 lù record book / archive / Taoist written charm / document of prophecy attesting to dynastic fortunes 指南宫 指南宮 zhǐ nán gōng Zhinan Temple, Taoist temple in the hills of Muzha 木柵|木栅[Mu4 zha4], Taipei 五斗米道 wǔ dǒu mǐ dào Way of the Five Pecks of Rice (Taoist movement) / Way of the Celestial Master 宫观 宮觀 gōng guàn Taoist temple 度牒 dù dié Buddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by government 戒牒 jiè dié Buddhist or Taoist ordination certificate issued by monastic authorities 国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn 外面 wài miàn outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense) / surface / exterior / external appearance syn 以外 yǐ wài apart from / other than / except for / external / outside of / on the other side of / beyond syn 外部 wài bù the outside / (attributive) external / exterior / surface syn 外表 wài biǎo external / outside / outward appearance syn 外形 wài xíng figure / shape / external form / contour 外界 wài jiè the outside world / external syn 外来 外來 wài lái external / foreign / outside syn 外型 wài xíng external form 口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries syn 外在 wài zài external / extrinsic 外援 wài yuán foreign aid / external aid / (sports) foreign player / player recruited from overseas 外墙 外牆 wài qiáng facade / external wall 移动硬盘 移動硬盤 yí dòng yìng pán portable hard drive / external hard drive 外观设计 外觀設計 wài guān shè jì look / external appearance / design / overall brand look or logo that can be patented 外力 wài lì external force / pressure from outside 外用 wài yòng external 外径 外徑 wài jìng external diameter (including thickness of the wall) 划归 劃歸 huà guī to incorporate / to put under (external administration) 外间 外間 wài jiān outer room / the external world / outside syn 阴道口 陰道口 yīn dào kǒu female external genitalia (anatomy) / vulva 反渗透 反滲透 fǎn shèn tòu anti-infiltration (measures taken against subversive external forces) / (chemistry) reverse osmosis 唯心主义 唯心主義 wéi xīn zhǔ yì philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness syn 外 wài outside / in addition / foreign / external syn 表里如一 表裡如一 biǎo lǐ rú yī external appearance and inner thoughts coincide (idiom) / to say what one means / to think and act as one syn 局外 jú wài outside (a group etc) / not connected (with an event etc) / external 外耳道 wài ěr dào external auditory meatus / auditory canal, between the outer ear 外耳 and tympanum 鼓膜 syn 唯心论 唯心論 wéi xīn lùn philosophy of idealism, the doctrine that external reality is a product of consciousness syn 咬人狗儿不露齿 咬人狗兒不露齒 yǎo rén gǒu r bù lù chǐ lit. the dog that bites does not show its fangs (idiom) / fig. You can't tell the really dangerous enemy from his external appearance. 守望相助 shǒu wàng xiāng zhù to keep watch and defend one another (idiom, from Mencius) / to join forces to defend against external aggressors / mutual help and protection 企业间网路 企業間網路 qǐ yè jiān wǎng lù extranet / company-external network 外照射 wài zhào shè external irradiation 事物的本质重于外在 事物的本質重於外在 shì wù de běn zhì chóng yú wài zài essence is more important than external appearance / a rose by any other name would smell as sweet 外分泌 wài fēn mì exocrine / external secretion (e.g. saliva) 外分泌腺 wài fēn mì xiàn exocrine gland / gland producing external secretion (e.g. saliva) 外斜肌 wài xié jī external oblique muscle (sides of the chest) 外质膜 外質膜 wài zhì mó external plasma membrane 外部连接 外部連接 wài bù lián jiē external link 外部链接 外部鏈接 wài bù liàn jiē external link (on website) 对外联络部 對外聯絡部 duì wài lián luò bù CCP central committee's external affairs department (i.e. Chinese communist party's foreign office) 圣经外传 聖經外傳 shèng jīng wài zhuàn Apocrypha / biography external to the classics 藏象 zàng xiàng hidden inner properties and their external manifestations (TCM) 躲清闲 躲清閑 duǒ qīng xián to avoid external disturbance in order to idle 对外关系和项目干事 External Relations and Projects Officer 国际外债统计编制工作组 guó jì wài zhài tǒng jì biān zhì gōng zuò zǔ International Compilers' Working Group on External Debt Statistics 外部咨询协调委员会 Coordinating Committee on External Consultancies 高级对外关系干事 Senior External Relations Officer 对外关系部 duì wài guān xì bù External Relations Department 外交和外贸部长 Minister for Foreign Affairs and External Trade 外勤业务和外部支助活动事务处 Office for Field Operational and External Support Activities 外债可持续性 wài zhài kě chí xù xìng external debt sustainability 外聘审计主任 wài pìn shěn jì zhǔ rèn Director of External Audit 对外关系和联络处 External Relations and Liaison Branch 长期外债 zhǎng qī wài zhài long-term external debt 战略规划和对外事务股 Strategic Planning and External Affairs Unit 主管对外关系助理秘书长 zhǔ guǎn duì wài guān xì zhù lǐ mì shū zhǎng Assistant Secretary-General for External Relations 对外出版物股 duì wài chū bǎn wù gǔ External Publications Unit 外部条件指数 external conditions index 信息管理和对外关系处 Information Management and External Relations Branch 外部印刷和装订全球方桉 外部印刷和裝訂全球方案 Global programme of external printing and binding 对外关系局 duì wài guān xì jú Bureau for External Relations 外聘顾问小组 wài pìn gù wèn xiǎo zǔ External Advisory Group 部长级对外新闻委员会 Ministerial Committee on External Information 外部审计 wài bù shěn jì external audit 外部审查小组 External Review Group 外界因素 wài jiè yīn sù external factor 两性平等问题外部协商小组 liǎng xìng píng děng wèn tí wài bù xié shāng xiǎo zǔ External Gender Consultative Group 对外部门交易问题专家组会议 Expert Group Meeting on External Sector Transactions 外聘审计员 wài pìn shěn jì yuán external auditor 对外经常交易差额 current external balance 政策和对外关系科 Policy and External Relations Section 对外关系小组 duì wài guān xì xiǎo zǔ External Relations Group 对外关系助理 duì wài guān xì zhù lǐ external relations assistant 