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外地

wài dì

HSK 3.0 level 3 2-character word

外地 (wài dì) means "another part of the country; out of town". It is an HSK 3.0 level 3 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 外地 means

1. parts of the country other than where one is

The characters in 外地

• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 地dìearth; ground; field

Example sentences

• 我是这里的外地人。
  Wǒ shì zhèli de wàidìrén.
  I'm a stranger here.
• 军队意外地被攻击了。
  The army was unexpectedly attacked.
• 我在外地生活了很久。
  I've lived away from home for a long time.

Words starting with 外地

• 外地人wài dì rénstranger; outsider

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