出乎意料

出乎意料 chū hū yì liào ㄔㄨㄏㄨㄧˋ ㄌㄧㄠˋ ceot1 fu4 ji3 liu6

(idiom) unexpected

Stroke order

Practice writing

Draw 出 (1 of 4) — stroke by stroke.

Character breakdown

出 radical 凵 = 屮凵
乎 radical 丿 = 丿丷
意 radical 心 = 音心
料 radical 斗 = 米斗

Example sentences

这出乎意料地容易。 It was amazingly easy.
他的歌聲出乎意料之外地好聽。 To my surprise, he had a beautiful voice.
让我出乎意料的是，他居然很会唱歌。 To my surprise, he was good at singing.

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