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外網

简外网 · 繁外網

Mandarin · pinyin wài wǎng

the Internet outside the GFW 防火長城 Fáng huǒ Cháng chéng

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外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
網: Look up this written character
网: wǎng · net; network; Kangxi radical 122

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4–3 · wai4 wang3

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noun

(computing) external network; extranet
(Mainland China, informal) the greater international Internet; foreign websites (outside the Great Firewall)

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