意料之外 — Chinese idiom
意料之外
yì liào zhī wài
Meaning
- contrary to expectation; unexpected
Character by character
- 意yìthought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, int
- 料liàoingredients, materials; to conjecture, to guess
- 之zhīmarks preceding phrase as modifier of following ph
- 外wàiout, outside, external; foreign; in addition
Idioms sharing a character
- 一意孤行 yī yì gū xíng
- 三心二意 sān xīn èr yì
- 不怀好意 bù huái hǎo yì
- 全心全意 quán xīn quán yì
- 出乎意外 chū hū yì wài
- 出乎意料 chū hū yì liào
- 出人意外 chū rén yì wài
- 出人意料 chū rén yì liào
- 出其不意 chū qí bù yì
- 善解人意 shàn jiě rén yì
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