住 zhù to live / to dwell / to stay / to reside / to stop / (suffix indicating firmness, steadiness, or coming to a halt) syn 处 處 chǔ to reside / to live / to dwell / to be in / to be situated at / to stay / to get along with / to be in a position of / to deal with / to discipline / to punish syn 居住 jū zhù to reside / to dwell / to live in a place / resident in syn 国外 國外 guó wài abroad / external (affairs) / overseas / foreign syn 海外 hǎi wài overseas / abroad syn 出国 出國 chū guó to go abroad / to leave the country syn 外边 外邊 wài bian outside / outer surface / abroad / place other than one's home syn 居留 jū liú residence / to reside syn 抛售 拋售 pāo shòu to dump (selling abroad more cheaply than cost price at home) syn 异地 異地 yì dì different place / abroad syn 留学 留學 liú xué to study abroad syn 住家 zhù jiā residence / household / to reside syn 水仙 shuǐ xiān narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return 中外 zhōng wài Sino-foreign / Chinese-foreign / home and abroad syn 归国 歸國 guī guó to go home (to one's native country) / to return from abroad 留学生 留學生 liú xué shēng student studying abroad / returned student / foreign student / international student 国内外 國內外 guó nèi wài domestic and international / at home and abroad 外逃 wài táo to flee abroad / to run away / to desert / outflow 汉文 漢文 hàn wén Chinese written language / Chinese literature esp. as taught abroad 侨居 僑居 qiáo jū to live far away from one's native place / to reside in a foreign country syn 外销 外銷 wài xiāo to export / to sell abroad 旅居 lǚ jū to stay away from home / residence abroad / sojourn syn 海内外 海內外 hǎi nèi wài domestic and international / at home and abroad syn 侨胞 僑胞 qiáo bāo countryman living abroad syn 出使 chū shǐ to go abroad as ambassador / to be sent on a diplomatic mission 境内外 境內外 jìng nèi wài within and without the borders / domestic and foreign / home and abroad 驻留 駐留 zhù liú to stay / to remain / to linger / (computing) to reside / resident (program etc) syn 游学 遊學 yóu xué to study away from home or abroad (old) 域外 yù wài outside the country / abroad / foreign / extraterritorial syn 留洋 liú yáng (old) to study abroad / (sports) to train abroad syn 外派 wài pài to send sb to work abroad or in a different location syn 内忧外患 內憂外患 nèi yōu wài huàn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad syn 公派 gōng pài to send sb abroad at the government's expense 侨眷 僑眷 qiáo juàn family members of nationals residing abroad syn 出洋 chū yáng to go abroad (old) syn 寓居 yù jū to make one's home in / to reside in / to inhabit syn 居 jū to reside / to be (in a certain position) / to store up / to be at a standstill / residence / house / restaurant / classifier for bedrooms syn 治装 治裝 zhì zhuāng to prepare necessities (chiefly clothes) for a journey abroad syn 他山之石可以攻玉 tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom) / to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside / to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively 家丑不可外扬 家醜不可外揚 jiā chǒu bù kě wài yáng lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom) / fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public 海外特许生产 licensed production abroad / licensed manufacture abroad 住居 zhù jū to live / to reside 落藉 luò jiè to stay / to reside (old) 驻节 駐節 zhù jié (of a high official) to temporarily reside overseas (or in another part of the country) on an official posting 裸官 luǒ guān Communist Party official whose wife and children have left China to reside in a foreign country 居处 居處 jū chǔ to live / to reside 去国外 去國外 qù guó wài to go abroad 信孚中外 xìn fú zhōng wài to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom) 内忧外困 內憂外困 nèi yōu wài kùn internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom) / in a mess both domestically and abroad 外出访问 外出訪問 wài chū fǎng wèn to make an official visit (often abroad) 家丑不可外传 家醜不可外傳 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán lit. family shames must not be spread abroad (idiom) / fig. don't wash your dirty linen in public 家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiē mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly (common expression) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip. 水僊 shuǐ xiān variant of 水仙, narcissus / daffodil / legendary aquatic immortal / refers to those buried at sea / person who wanders abroad and does not return 蜚声海外 蜚聲海外 fēi shēng hǎi wài famous at home and abroad 飘海 飄海 piāo hǎi to go abroad 飞鱼族 飛魚族 fēi yú zú "flying fish family", family who sacrifice everything to send their children abroad to study 关于从国外调取民事或商事证据的公约 Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad in Civil or Commercial Matters 海牙送达公约 Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters / Hague Service Convention 美洲国家关于国外调取证据的公约 美洲國家關於國外調取證據的公約 Inter-American Convention on the Taking of Evidence Abroad 境外消费 境外消費 jìng wài xiāo fèi consumption abroad 关于向国外送达行政文书的欧洲公约 關於向國外送達行政文書的歐洲公約 European Convention on the Service Abroad of Documents relating to Administrative Matters 自国外获取赡养公约 自國外獲取贍養公約 Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance 境外转诊司 境外轉診司 Referral Abroad Department 客死 kè sǐ to die in a foreign land / to die abroad 家丑不可外传，流言切莫轻信 家醜不可外傳，流言切莫輕信 jiā chǒu bù kě wài chuán , liú yán qiè mò qīng xìn Don't spread abroad the shame of the family, don't believe rumors lightly. (idiom) / Don't wash your dirty linen in public, don't listen to others' gossip. 反美是工作赴美是生活 fǎn měi shì gōng zuò fù měi shì shēng huó being anti-American is the job, but life is in America (jocular comment made about public figures who are brazenly xenophobic but whose family live abroad) 留子 liú zi (slang) international student / student studying abroad 猪仔 豬仔 zhū zǎi piglet / (old) exploited Chinese laborer tricked into working abroad syn 