外甥女
wài sheng nu:3
Pinyin

Definition

外甥女
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wài sheng nu:3
  1. sister's daughter
  2. wife's sibling's daughter

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 in addition
  3. 3 foreign
  4. 4 external
wài tào
  1. 1 coat
  2. 2 jacket
  3. 3 CL:件[jiàn]
wài miàn
  1. 1 outside (also pr. [wài mian] for this sense)
  2. 2 surface
  3. 3 exterior
  4. 4 external appearance
nu:3
  1. 1 female
  2. 2 woman
  3. 3 daughter
nu:3 rén
  1. 1 woman
nu:3 ér
  1. 1 daughter
nu:3 hái
  1. 1 girl
  2. 2 lass
nu:3 shēng
  1. 1 schoolgirl
  2. 2 female student
  3. 3 girl
měi nu:3
  1. 1 beautiful woman
chǔ nu:3
  1. 1 virgin
  2. 2 maiden
  3. 3 inaugural
zhī wài
  1. 1 outside
  2. 2 excluding
xiān nu:3
  1. 1 fairy
yǐ wài
  1. 1 apart from
  2. 2 other than
  3. 3 except for
  4. 4 external
  5. 5 outside of
  6. 6 on the other side of
  7. 7 beyond
lì wài
  1. 1 exception
  2. 2 to be an exception
ér nu:3
  1. 1 children
  2. 2 sons and daughters
nèi wài
  1. 1 inside and outside
  2. 2 domestic and foreign
  3. 3 approximately
  4. 4 about
lìng wài
  1. 1 additional
  2. 2 in addition
  3. 3 besides
  4. 4 separate
  5. 5 other
  6. 6 moreover
  7. 7 furthermore
guó wài
  1. 1 abroad
  2. 2 external (affairs)
  3. 3 overseas
  4. 4 foreign
wài rén
  1. 1 outsider
  2. 2 foreigner
  3. 3 stranger
wài chuán
  1. 1 to tell others (a secret)
  2. 2 to divulge to an outsider
  3. 3 to be rumored

Idioms (20)

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)
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
人外有人,天外有天
rén wài yǒu rén , tiān wài yǒu tiān
  1. 1 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)
仇人相见,分外眼红
chóu rén xiāng jiàn , fèn wài yǎn hóng
  1. 1 when the enemies come face to face, their eyes blaze with hatred (idiom)
付之度外
fù zhī dù wài
  1. 1 to think nothing of doing sth (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth without considering the risks
  3. 3 to leave out of consideration
信孚中外
xìn fú zhōng wài
  1. 1 to be trusted both at home and abroad (idiom)
兄弟阋于墙,外御其侮
xiōng dì xì yú qiáng , wài yù qí wǔ
  1. 1 internal disunity dissolves at the threat of an invasion from outside (idiom)
内忧外困
nèi yōu wài kùn
  1. 1 internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
内忧外患
nèi yōu wài huàn
  1. 1 internal trouble and outside aggression (idiom); in a mess both domestically and abroad
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
古今中外
gǔ jīn zhōng wài
  1. 1 at all times and in all places (idiom)
喜出望外
xǐ chū wàng wài
  1. 1 to be pleased beyond one's expectations (idiom)
  2. 2 overjoyed at the turn of events
在家靠父母,出外靠朋友
zài jiā kào fù mǔ , chū wài kào péng you
  1. 1 one depends on one's parents when at home, and on one's friends when away from home (idiom)
外来成语
wài lái chéng yǔ
  1. 1 loan idiom
外圆内方
wài yuán nèi fāng
  1. 1 lit. outside-flexible, inside-firm (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. velvet glove
外宽内忌
wài kuān nèi jì
  1. 1 magnanimous on the outside, but hateful on the inside (idiom)
外强中干
wài qiáng zhōng gān
  1. 1 strong in appearance but weak in reality (idiom)
女大不中留
nu:3 dà bù zhōng liú
  1. 1 when a girl is of age, she must be married off (idiom)

Sample Sentences

是啊,至少我周围的人都很喜欢混血儿。就拿我的外甥女来说吧,不管是我姐姐的邻居还是朋友,每次看到这孩子都抢着要抱她亲她。大家还说,这孩子将来肯定是个小才女,学贯中西、前途不可限量啊。
shì ā ,zhìshǎo wǒ zhōuwéi de rén dōu hěn xǐhuan húnxiěér 。jiù ná wǒ de wàishengnǚ láishuō ba ,bùguǎn shì wǒ jiějie de línjū háishì péngyou ,měicì kàndào zhè háizi dōu qiāng zhe yào bào tā qīn tā 。dàjiā hái shuō ,zhè háizi jiānglái kěndìng shì ge xiǎo cáinǚ ,xuéguànzhōngxī 、qiántú bùkěxiànliàng ā 。