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出人意外

chū rén yì wài

4-character word

What 出人意外 means

1. turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected

The characters in 出人意外

• 出chūto go out; to come out; to arise; to occur; to produce; to yield
• 人rénperson; people
• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign

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