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外援

wài yuán

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

外援 (wài yuán) means "foreign aid; external aid; (sports) foreign player". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 外援 means

1. foreign aid
2. external aid
3. sportsforeign player
4. player recruited from overseas

The characters in 外援

• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 援yuánto help; to assist; to aid

Sounds the same

Read wài yuán, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 外源exogenous

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