pǎo wài

跑 外

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v.engage in purchasing goods, collecting accounts or making contracts with other shops
- pǎo wài de
  跑外的
  a travelling agent or salesman
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v.be away on business
- jì zhě de gōng zuò xìng zhì yǒu suǒ tè shū pǎo wài de shí jiān bǐ jiào duō
  记者的工作性质有所特殊，“跑外”的时间比较多。
  A reporter's job is special in that quite a lot of time is spent working away from home.
- tā pǎo wài tā de qī zi zhǔ nèi fū qī liǎ xiāng dé yì zhāng
  他跑外，他的妻子主内，夫妻俩相得益彰。
  He went away on business, and his wife took charge of the home, both husband and wife helped the other to shine.

跑外