粵

出ceot1乎fu4意ji3料liu6

ceot1 fu4 ji3 liu6chū hū yì liào

English

  1. (idiom) unexpected
  2. beyond somebody's expectations; unexpectedly

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 期望之外嘅,同期望嘅有唔同

Examples

  • 这出乎意料地容易。

    It was amazingly easy.

    Tatoeba · mirrorvan CC BY

  • 他的歌聲出乎意料之外地好聽。

    To my surprise, he had a beautiful voice.

    Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY

  • 让我出乎意料的是,他居然很会唱歌。

    To my surprise, he was good at singing.

    Tatoeba · GlossaMatik CC BY

  • 佢出乎意料地冇俾上屆冠軍打敗,仲以大比數贏咗添。

    Unexpectedly he did not get defeated by the champion last year. He even won by a wide margin.

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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