| EXAMPLE SENTENCES | ||
|---|---|---|
当地人敌视外地人。 The local people are hostile to outsiders. | ||
当地人总把我视为外地人。 I have always been regarded as a foreigner by the local folk. | ||
在上一代，少有外地人听说过泸沽湖或摩梭族。 A generation ago, few outsiders had ever heard of Lake Lugu or the Mosuo. | ||
他们认为乡下人爱讨好外地人。我没有纠正他们的这种想法。 Their view of country people was that they like to please strangers. I did not disabuse them of this notion. | ||
因此，在城市，到处都能见到像陈世初这样卖包子卖粥的外地人。 Therefore, you can see breakfast sellers everywhere in Beijing like Chen Shichu. | ||
不会上海话的外地人如果想要被人接受，主要的希望就是拿到珍贵的上海户口。 Often ignorant of the local dialect, their main hope of gaining acceptance is attaining a highly prized Shanghai hukou, or registration card. | ||
村民段小林惋惜的说：不少外地人常来这里购买或者挖掘那些有骡马蹄窝的石板。 Duan Xiaolin, a villager, said with regret that many people came to buy and dig the stones with these footprints. | ||
