出乎意外 — Chinese idiom
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
Meaning
- beyond expectation ; unexpected
Character by character
- 出chūto go out, to send out; stand; produce
- 乎hūinterrogative or exclamatory final particle
- 意yìthought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, int
- 外wàiout, outside, external; foreign; in addition
Idioms sharing a character
- 仓皇出逃 cāng huáng chū táo
- 倾巢而出 qīng cháo ér chū
- 出乎意料 chū hū yì liào
- 出乎预料 chū hū yù liào
- 出人意外 chū rén yì wài
- 出人意料 chū rén yì liào
- 出人头地 chū rén tóu dì
- 出其不意 chū qí bù yì
- 出口成章 chū kǒu chéng zhāng
- 出水芙蓉 chū shuǐ fú róng
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