意料之外

yìliàozhīwài

(idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected

Meaning

yìliàozhīwài yi4 liao4 zhi1 wai4

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yì · thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention

Radical 心 · 13 strokes · Parts 音心

Pictophonetic: heart

liào · ingredients, materials; to conjecture, to guess

Radical 斗 · 10 strokes · Parts 米斗

Ideographic: A hand measuring 斗 a cup of rice 米

zhī · marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to

Radical 丿 · 3 strokes

Ideographic: A foot meaning "to follow"; cursive version of 止

wài · out, outside, external; foreign; in addition

Radical 夕 · 5 strokes · Parts 夕卜

Ideographic: Night-time 夕 divinations 卜; the supernatural, the foreign