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外语

wài yǔ

HSK 1 · word 367 of 3,000

Meaning

Measure word

门 mén

Example sentence

我喜欢外语。

wǒ xǐ huan wài yǔ

I like foreign languages.

Characters in 外语

外 outside or foreign plus 语, spoken language. 语 names the tongue where 文 names the writing, which is why school subjects are 语文 and 外语.

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