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外貌

wài mào

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

外貌 (wài mào) means "profile; appearance". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 外貌 means

1. profile
2. appearance

The characters in 外貌

• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign
• 貌mào(bound form) appearance; looks; outward form

Example sentences

• 不要被外貌蒙蔽了。
  Bù yào bèi wàimào méngbì le.
  Don't let appearances deceive you.
• 难看的不是人的外貌，而是人的衣服。
  Nánkàn de bù shì rén de wàimào, érshì rén de yīfu.
  It's not the person that's ugly, but the clothes.

Words starting with 外貌

• 外貌主义wài mào zhǔ yìlookism
• 外貌协会wài mào xié huìthe "good-looks club": people who attach great importance to a person's appearance…

Sounds the same

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

• 外贸foreign trade

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