外星人
wài xīng rén
Pinyin

Definition

外星人
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wài xīng rén
  1. space alien
  2. extraterrestrial

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nu:3 rén
  1. 1 woman
恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart
男人
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三星
Sān xīng
  1. 1 Sanxing or Sanhsing township in Yilan county 宜蘭縣|宜兰县[Yí lán xiàn], Taiwan
  2. 2 Samsung (South Korean electronics company)
不为人知
bù wéi rén zhī
  1. 1 not known to anyone
  2. 2 secret
  3. 3 unknown
世人
shì rén
  1. 1 people (in general)
  2. 2 people around the world
  3. 3 everyone
丢人
diū rén
  1. 1 to lose face
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
主人
zhǔ rén
  1. 1 master
  2. 2 host
  3. 3 owner
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
主持人
zhǔ chí rén
  1. 1 TV or radio presenter
  2. 2 host
  3. 3 anchor
之外
zhī wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 excluding
乱世佳人
Luàn shì Jiā rén
  1. 1 Gone with the Wind (film)
五星
wǔ xīng
  1. 1 the five visible planets, namely: Mercury 水星, Venus 金星, Mars 火星, Jupiter 木星, Saturn 土星
五星级
wǔ xīng jí
  1. 1 five-star (hotel)
人事
rén shì
  1. 1 personnel
  2. 2 human resources
  3. 3 human affairs
  4. 4 ways of the world
  5. 5 (euphemism) sexuality
  6. 6 the facts of life
人人
rén rén
  1. 1 everyone
  2. 2 every person

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
  1. 1 not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
乘人不备
chéng rén bù bèi
  1. 1 to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to take sb by surprise
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
事在人为
shì zài rén wéi
  1. 1 the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort
  2. 2 With effort, one can achieve anything.
人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't judge a book by its cover
  3. 3 often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人中龙凤
rén zhōng lóng fèng
  1. 1 a giant among men (idiom)
人之常情
rén zhī cháng qíng
  1. 1 human nature (idiom)
  2. 2 a behavior that is only natural

Sample Sentences

喔，还真是八点了。今天这天是怎么了，还这么黑，外星人攻占地球了吗？
ō ，hái zhēn shì bādiǎn le 。jīntiān zhètiān shì zěnmele ，hái zhème hēi ，wàixīngrén gōng zhàn dìqiú le ma ？
Huh? It really is 8am. What's up with the sky today, why is it still so dark, have aliens invaded the earth?
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对啊，超猛的，科学家不用去外太空搜寻什么外星人了，研究他们就够了。
duìa ，chāo měng de ，kēxuéjiā bùyòng qù wàitàikōng sōuxún shénme wàixīngrén le ，yánjiū tāmen jiù gòu le 。
Yeah, they're awesome, scientists don't need to go to outer space to find aliens, they should just research them.
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不是，我是外星人呦！
búshì ，wǒ shì wàixīngrén yōu ！
No, I'm an alien!
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火星上可能会有外星人。
huǒxīng shàng kěnéng huì yǒu wàixīngrén 。
There might be aliens on mars.
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外星人不会是爱上你了吧？他们怎么没把你带走呢？
wàixīngrén bùhuì shì àishàng nǐ le ba ？tāmen zěnme méi bǎ nǐ dàizǒu ne ？
Don't tell me the aliens fell in love with you! Why didn't they take you away with them?
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他们一句话也没说，我也不敢问。进了飞碟，里面的装饰很简单。外星人让我坐下，还让我喝水。接着，他们就用各种各样的仪器给我做检查。
tāmen yī jù huà yě méi shuō ，wǒ yě bùgǎn wèn 。jìn le fēidié ，lǐmiàn de zhuāngshì hěn jiǎndān 。wàixīngrén ràng wǒ zuòxia ，hái ràng wǒ hēshuǐ 。jiēzhe ，tāmen jiù yòng gèzhǒnggèyàng de yíqì gěi wǒ zuò jiǎnchá 。
They didn't say a word, and I didn't dare ask. We went into the flying saucer, and the inside was decorated simply. The aliens made me sit, then made me drink some water. Next, they used all kinds of instruments to inspect me.
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外星人到底长什么样？奇怪吗？
wàixīngrén dàodǐ zhǎng shénmeyàng ？qíguài ma ？
So what do aliens really look like? Weird?
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拜托，外星人不分男女的。当时，飞碟里下来两个外星人，他们拉着我的手，要把我带到飞碟上去。我吓呆了，只知道跟着走。
bàituō ，wàixīngrén bùfēn nánnǚ de 。dāngshí ，fēidié lǐ xiàlai liǎng ge wàixīngrén ，tāmen lā zhe wǒ de shǒu ，yào bǎ wǒ dàidào fēidié shàngqu 。wǒ xiàdāi le ，zhǐ zhīdào gēn zhe zǒu 。
Please, aliens aren't male and female. Then, from out of the flying saucer came two aliens. They took my hands and wanted to take me into the flying saucer. I was scared out of my mind, and all I could do was follow them.
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是女外星人？
shì nǚ wàixīngrén ？
They were girl aliens?
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我被外星人绑架过。
wǒ bèi wàixīngrén bǎngjià guo 。
I have been abducted by aliens.
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