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What does 外来 mean?

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外来 wàilái

external; foreign; from elsewhere; nonlocal

Its characters

  1. 外 wài foreign
  2. 来 lái to come

In a sentence

这个城市有很多外来人口。 This city has a large population from elsewhere.

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