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外銷

简外销 · 繁外銷

Mandarin · pinyin wài xiāo

to export
to sell abroad

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外: wài · out, outside, external; foreign
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销: xiāo · melt, fuse; market, sell

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4–1 · wai4 xiao1

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verb

to sell abroad or in another part of the country; to export

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