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出乎意料

chū hū yì liào

4-character word

What 出乎意料 means

1. idiomunexpected

The characters in 出乎意料

• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 乎hū(classical particle similar to 于; at; from
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 料liàomaterial; stuff; grain

Example sentences

• 这出乎意料地容易。
  Zhè chūhūyìliào de róngyì.
  It was amazingly easy.
• 他的歌声出乎意料之外地好听。
  Tā de gēshēng chūhūyìliào zhīwài de hǎotīng.
  To my surprise, he had a beautiful voice.
• 让我出乎意料的是，他居然很会唱歌。
  Ràng wǒ chūhūyìliào de shì, tā jūrán hěn huì chànggē.
  To my surprise, he was good at singing.