外资 wàizī foreign investment
How to remember 外资: 外 outside + 资 wealth = foreign investment.
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How it is used
- Foreign investment / foreign capital - 引进外资 (yǐnjìn wàizī) attract foreign investment; 外资企业 (wàizī qǐyè) a foreign-funded enterprise.
- Refers to overseas capital coming into the country; economic/policy register. Formal.