意想不到
ji3 soeng2 bat1 dou3yì xiǎng bù dào
English
- unexpected
- previously unimagined
- unexpected
粵語 — Cantonese
- 預計唔到;意料之外
Examples
一時失言常常會帶來意想不到的結果。
A slip of the tongue often brings about unexpected results.
Tatoeba · nickyeow CC BY
一點點的運氣有時會導致意想不到的成功。
A little bit of luck sometimes leads to an unexpected success.
Tatoeba · Martha CC BY
估唔到啲議員會離場放棄投票,結果真係意想不到。
No one could have guessed that the Councillors would just leave and give up their votes. What an unexpected result!
Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk