外乡人 (wài xiāng rén) — nonnative, outsider, person from another region

Definition

外乡人 (wài xiāng rén) is a person from another town or region — someone seen as a local outsider. Often used by villagers or locals to distinguish non-natives from themselves.

noun

nonnativeoutsiderperson from another region

Measure word · 个

Examples

，外乡人。
Tā gāng lái zhè ge chéng shì, hái shì gè wài xiāng rén.
He just came to this city and is still an outsider.
外乡人，。
Cūn lǐ rén dōu zhī dào tā shì wài xiāng rén, duì tā hěn kè qi.
The villagers all know he's from another region and are very polite to him.
外乡人。
wài xiāng rén Hěn nán tīng dǒng dāng dì de fāng yán.
It's hard for a nonnative to understand the local dialect.

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