出人意料
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English
- unexpected (idiom)
- to be surprisingly beyond expectation
- surprising
粵語 — Cantonese
- 出乎意料之外;令人估唔到
Examples
唔好見佢斯斯文文,其實佢係賽跑冠軍,真係出人意料。
Don't be fooled by his timid appearance. He is actually a champion runner, which is surprising.
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk