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之外

zhī wài
HSK 3.0 Level 5

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Definitions

  1. 1. outside
  2. 2. excluding

Words Containing 之外

千里之外
qiān lǐ zhī wài

thousand miles distant

除此之外
chú cǐ zhī wài

apart from this

意料之外
yì liào zhī wài

contrary to expectation

运筹帷幄之中，决胜千里之外
yùn chóu wéi wò zhī zhōng , jué shèng qiān lǐ zhī wài

a general planning in the seclusion of his tent is able to determine the outcome of the distant battle (idiom)

Child Words of 之外

外
wài

outside

之
zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])