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之外

zhī wài

2-character word

What 之外 means

1. outside
2. excluding

The characters in 之外

• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign

Example sentences

• 意料之外，收获颇丰。
  Yìliàozhīwài, shōuhuò pō fēng.
  Unexpectedly, I struck fortune.
• 除此之外，别无办法。
  There is no other way.
• 除此之外，我还会飞。
  Moreover, I can fly.
• 汤姆除了去之外别无选择。
  Tāngmǔ chúle qù zhīwài biéwúxuǎnzé.
  Tom has no choice but to go.
• 这份工作在我能力范围之外.
  Zhè fèn gōngzuò zài wǒ nénglì fànwéi zhīwài.
  This job is beyond my ability.
• 我们除了走之外没有其它选择。
  Wǒmen chúle zǒu zhīwài méiyǒu qítā xuǎnzé.
  We have no choice but to go.

Words containing 之外

• 除此之外chú cǐ zhī wàiapart from this; in addition to this
• 千里之外qiān lǐ zhī wàithousand miles distant
• 意料之外yì liào zhī wài(idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected
• 运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wàia general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the…