Unexpectedly, I struck fortune.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
意料之外
(idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 意料之外 actually appears in real sentences.
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No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 意料之外.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 意料之外.
Directly before
- 她意料之外1
Directly after
- No repeated neighbour in the corpus.
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 意料之外
What does 意料之外 mean in Chinese?
意料之外 (yìliàozhīwài) means (idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected.
How do you pronounce 意料之外?
意料之外 is pronounced yìliàozhīwài.
Is 意料之外 an HSK word?
意料之外 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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