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Mandarin · pinyin wài yì

(of liquid) to spill out; to overflow
(of gas) to leak out
(fig.) to spill over; to spread (to new areas)
(fig.) (of wealth etc) to drain; to flow outward (esp. overseas)
(fig.) (of talent) to show; to be revealed

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外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
溢: yì · overflow, brim over; full

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verb

(of liquid) to spill over; to overflow
(figurative, of fund etc.) to spill over; to overflow
(figurative, of talent etc.) to show; to be revealed

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