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TSUMUGU · TOCFL B2 (est.) · 詞
例外 word · TOCFL B2 (est.)
例外 ＝ 例 ＋ 外
ㄌㄧˋ ㄨㄞˋ · lìwài
noun — an exception; verb — to be an exception to a rule

字源 FORM — what the parts do

例a precedent, a case (例子)lì
外outside (外面)wài
例外，例子的例，外面的外。

故事 STORY — a scene to remember it by

這一件，落在通例（例）之外（外）。
This one falls outside (外) the standing rule (例).
關 · Related
例子lìzian example — the everyday 例規則guīzéthe rule that an exception stands outside