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外省

Mandarin · pinyin wài shěng

another province (relative to the local one)

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外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
省: shěng · province; save, economize

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4–3 · wai4 sheng3

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ngoi6 saang2

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noun

another province; province other than where one is
another province; province other than where one is — (Taiwan) waishengren; mainland Chinese that settled in Taiwan after 1945 and right after 1949 and their descendants

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