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意料之外

yì liào zhī wài

4-character word

What 意料之外 means

1. idiomcontrary to expectation; unexpected

The characters in 意料之外

• 意yì(bound form) idea; thought; meaning; sense; (bound form) intention; feeling; inclination…
• 料liàomaterial; stuff; grain
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 外wàioutside; in addition; foreign

Example sentences

• 意料之外，收获颇丰。
  Yìliàozhīwài, shōuhuò pō fēng.
  Unexpectedly, I struck fortune.
• 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.