chū rén yì liào

HSK 7–9

出人意料 (chū rén yì liào) is a Chinese word meaning “unexpected (idiom); surprising”.

Meanings

  1. 1unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2surprising

Characters in 出人意料

出chū · to go out; to come out人rén · person; people意yì · (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense料liào · material

Related words

人person; people出to go out; to come out出variant of 出[chu1] (classifier for plays or chapters of classical novels)出来to come out出来(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability to discern or detect)意思idea女人woman女人wife别人other people; others; other person男人a man出去to go out有人someone

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