出乎意料
ceot1 fu4 ji3 liu6chū hū yì liào
English
- (idiom) unexpected
- beyond somebody's expectations; unexpectedly
粵語 — Cantonese
- 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