yì liào zhī wài

HSK 7–9

意料之外 (yì liào zhī wài) is a Chinese word meaning “(idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected”.

Meanings

  1. 1(idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected

Characters in 意料之外

意yì · (bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense料liào · material之zhī · (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])外wài · outside

Related words

意思idea之(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])之前before之后after; behind愿意to wish注意to take note of; to pay attention to之间(after a noun) between; among; amid主意plan同意to agree外面outside (also pr. [wai4 mian5] for this sense)不好意思to feel embarrassed另外additional

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