分外 fènwài exceptionally
exceptionally; not one's responsibility or job
How to remember 分外: 分 divide + 外 outside = exceptionally.
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How it is used
- As an adverb, 'exceptionally, particularly' - 月亮显得分外明亮 (yuèliang xiǎnde fènwài míngliàng) the moon looked especially bright.
- Intensifies to a notably higher degree, often in literary description. A second sense: 'outside one's duty' - 分外的事 (matters not one's responsibility). Note the reading fèn.