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外援

wàiyuán

external aid; foreign reinforcement

A player in a contrasting jersey runs to greeting teammates
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Characters in this word

外 wài

Strokes
5
Radical
夕 — evening, night, dusk
Made of
夕 evening, night, dusk 卜 divination, fortune-telling
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

援 yuán

Strokes
12
Radical
扌 — hand
Made of
扌 hand 爰 to lead on to
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
More about the character 援

Example phrases

  • 这支球队临时引进外援,意在弥补中场组织能力不足的短板。 Zhè zhī qiúduì línshí yǐnjìn wàiyuán, yì zài míbǔ zhōngchǎng zǔzhī nénglì bùzú de duǎnbǎn. The team brought in foreign reinforcements temporarily to make up for its lack of midfield organisation.
  • 今年球队引进了两名外援,实力明显提高。 Jīnnián qiúduì yǐnjìn le liǎng míng wàiyuán, shílì míngxiǎn tígāo. This year the team signed two foreign players, and its strength clearly improved.
  • 灾后重建工作得到了许多国家的外援。 Zāihòu chóngjiàn gōngzuò dédàole xǔduō guójiā de wàiyuán. The rebuilding work after the disaster received external aid from many countries.

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