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外卖
Meaning
- (of a restaurant) to provide a takeout or home delivery meal
- takeout (business)
- takeout (meal)
Example sentence
今天太累了，我们叫外卖吧。
I'm too tired today, let's order takeout.
Characters in 外卖
外 outside plus 卖, to sell. Selling to the outside, hence takeaway — and now the whole delivery trade.