贩毒 販毒 fàn dú to traffic narcotics / drugs trade / opium trade 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) 通商 tōng shāng (of nations) to have trade relations / to engage in trade syn 外长 外長 wài zhǎng foreign minister / secretary of state / minister of foreign affairs 租界 zū jiè foreign concession, an enclave occupied by a foreign power (in China in the 19th and 20th centuries) syn 同业 同業 tóng yè same trade or business / person in the same trade or business 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 世界贸易 世界貿易 shì jiè mào yì world trade / global trade 加工贸易 加工貿易 jiā gōng mào yì process trade / trade involving assembly 逆差 nì chā adverse trade balance / trade deficit 自由贸易区 自由貿易區 zì yóu mào yì qū free trade zone / free trade area 洋务 洋務 yáng wù foreign affairs (in Qing times) / foreign learning syn 出超 chū chāo trade surplus / favorable balance of trade 外事处 外事處 wài shì chù Foreign Affairs Office (at a university) / Foreign Affairs Department 博士 bó shì doctor (as an academic degree) / (old) person specialized in a skill or trade / (old) court academician 外 wài outside / in addition / foreign / external syn 交易 jiāo yì to deal / to trade / to transact / transaction / deal / CL:筆|笔[bi3] syn 工 gōng work / worker / skill / profession / trade / craft / labor syn 商业 商業 shāng yè business / trade / commerce syn 行业 行業 háng yè trade / profession / industry / business syn 外国 外國 wài guó foreign country syn 国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn 贸易 貿易 mào yì (commercial) trade / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 外交 wài jiāo diplomacy / diplomatic / foreign affairs / CL:個|个[ge4] 工会 工會 gōng huì labor union / trade union / CL:個|个[ge4] 营业 營業 yíng yè to do business / to trade syn 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 外来 外來 wài lái external / foreign / outside syn 手艺 手藝 shǒu yì craftmanship / workmanship / handicraft / trade 一手 yī shǒu a skill / mastery of a trade / by oneself / without outside help syn 亮相 liàng xiàng to strike a pose (Chinese opera) / (fig.) to make a public appearance / to come out in public (revealing one's true personality, opinions etc) / (of a product) to appear on the market or at a trade show etc 鬼子 guǐ zi devil (derog. term for foreign invaders) / (esp. during resistance against Japanese aggression 1931-1945) Jap / Nip syn 世贸 世貿 shì mào World Trade Organization (WTO) / abbr. for 世界貿易組織|世界贸易组织 两下子 兩下子 liǎng xià zi a couple of times / to repeat the same / the same old trick / tricks of the trade syn 异国 異國 yì guó exotic / foreign syn 外语 外語 wài yǔ foreign language / CL:門|门[men2] syn 招揽 招攬 zhāo lǎn to attract (customers) / to drum up (trade) syn 行话 行話 háng huà jargon / language of the trade 专卖 專賣 zhuān mài monopoly / exclusive right to trade syn 跻身 躋身 jī shēn to rise into the ranks of / to be among (the best) / to get into (an industry, trade etc) syn 异乡 異鄉 yì xiāng foreign land / a place far from home syn 折中 zhé zhōng to compromise / to take the middle road / a trade-off / eclectic syn 踏足 tà zú to set foot on (a foreign land etc) / to tread / (fig.) to enter (a new sphere) syn 从业 從業 cóng yè to practice (a trade) syn 经商 經商 jīng shāng to trade / to carry out commercial activities / in business syn 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) 批发 批發 pī fā wholesale / bulk trade / distribution syn 捣鼓 搗鼓 dǎo gu to fiddle with sth / to trade with sth syn 外汇 外匯 wài huì foreign (currency) exchange 交易会 交易會 jiāo yì huì trade fair 零售业 零售業 líng shòu yè retail trade 约见 約見 yuē jiàn to arrange an interview / an appointment (with the foreign ambassador) 异域 異域 yì yù foreign country / alien land 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 各行各业 各行各業 gè háng gè yè every trade / all professions / all walks of life syn 外务 外務 wài wù foreign affairs syn 外相 wài xiàng Foreign Minister 始祖 shǐ zǔ primogenitor / founder of a school or trade syn 从良 從良 cóng liáng (of a slave or servant) to be given one's freedom / (of a prostitute) to marry and leave one's trade 商贸 商貿 shāng mào trade and commerce syn 留学生 留學生 liú xué shēng student studying abroad / returned student / foreign student / international student 参展 參展 cān zhǎn to exhibit at or take part in a trade show etc 外文 wài wén foreign language (written) syn 会社 會社 huì shè a guild / (in olden times) an association such as a political party, religious group or trade guild / the Japanese word for company 外币 外幣 wài bì foreign currency 外事 wài shì foreign affairs syn 商务部 商務部 shāng wù bù Department of Trade / Department of Commerce 外交部长 外交部長 wài jiāo bù zhǎng minister of foreign affairs 把式 bǎ shì person skilled in a trade / skill syn 公休 gōng xiū to have a public holiday / to have an official holiday / (Tw) (of a business establishment) to be closed regularly on certain days, as determined by a trade association 留一手 liú yī shǒu to hold back a trick / not to divulge all one's trade secrets syn 口岸 kǒu àn a port for external trade / a trading or transit post on border between countries syn 单字 單字 dān zì single Chinese character / (Tw) word (of a foreign language) syn 贸易额 貿易額 mào yì é volume of trade (between countries) 展销会 展銷會 zhǎn xiāo huì trade show / sales exhibition 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 外宾 外賓 wài bīn foreign guest / international visitor 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 世贸组织 世貿組織 shì mào zǔ zhī WTO (World Trade Organization) 大班 dà bān tai-pan / business executive / foreign business manager / top class of kindergarten or school grade syn 同业公会 同業公會 tóng yè gōng huì trade association 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 