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wài liú
v. external flow (of manpower or financial resources)
80%     120%

Simplified Chinese

Traditional Chinese

Simplified stroke orders are based on the 'Standard of National Commonly-used Mandarin Chinese Characters (现代汉语通用字笔顺规范)', issued by the China National Language and Character Working Committee (国家语言文字工作委员会) on April 7th 1997. Traditional stroke orders are based on information issued by the Taiwan Ministry of Education.
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zī jīn wài liú
nphr. drain of capital, outward drain of fund, capital outflow
rén cái wài liú
phr. Brain drain, outflow of skilled personnel