外文系

Mandarin · pinyin wài wén xì

Meanings

  1. department of foreign languages
  2. modern languages (college department)
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外
wài · out, outside, external; foreign
文
wén · literature, culture, writing
系
xì · system; line, link, connection
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4–2–4 · wai4 wen2 xi4

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