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例外

lì wài

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 6 2-character word

例外 (lì wài) means "exception". It is an HSK 3.0 level 6 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 例外 means

1. exception
2. to be an exception

The characters in 例外

• 例lìexample; precedent; rule
• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign

Example sentences

• 那是例外。
  That's an exception.
• 这是一个例外。
  This is an exception to the rule.
• 这条规定不许例外。
  Zhè tiáo guīdìng bù xǔ lìwài.
  This rule allows no exception.
• 每条规则都有例外。
  There are exceptions to every rule.
• 一切规则都有例外。
  Every rule has exceptions.
• 每个队都无一例外地被打败了。
  Every team, without exception, was defeated.

Words starting with 例外

• 例外字lì wài zìexception(s)

Where 例外 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · lì (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read lì wài correctly.
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