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分外

fèn wài

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

分外 (fèn wài) means "exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 分外 means

1. exceptionally
2. not one's responsibility or job

The characters in 分外

• 分fēnto divide; to separate; to distribute; to allocate; to distinguish (good and bad)
• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign

Words containing 分外

• 仇人相见，分外眼红chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóngwhen the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)

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