出人意料
chū rén yì liào
Pinyin

Definition

出人意料
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chū rén yì liào
  1. unexpected (idiom)
  2. surprising

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

人
rén
  1. 1 man
  2. 2 person
  3. 3 people
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè],位[wèi]
人生
rén shēng
  1. 1 life (one's time on earth)
出
chū
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to come out
  3. 3 to occur
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to go beyond
  6. 6 to rise
  7. 7 to put forth
  8. 8 to happen
  9. 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  10. 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
出来
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
别人
bié ren
  1. 1 other people
  2. 2 others
  3. 3 other person
女人
nu:3 rén
  1. 1 woman
恋人
liàn rén
  1. 1 lover
  2. 2 sweetheart
男人
nán rén
  1. 1 a man
  2. 2 a male
  3. 3 men
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
一心一意
yī xīn yī yì
  1. 1 concentrating one's thoughts and efforts
  2. 2 single-minded
  3. 3 bent on
  4. 4 intently
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
不料
bù liào
  1. 1 unexpectedly
  2. 2 to one's surprise
不为人知
bù wéi rén zhī
  1. 1 not known to anyone
  2. 2 secret
  3. 3 unknown
不经意
bù jīng yì
  1. 1 not paying attention
  2. 2 carelessly
  3. 3 by accident
世人
shì rén
  1. 1 people (in general)
  2. 2 people around the world
  3. 3 everyone
丢人
diū rén
  1. 1 to lose face
中国人
Zhōng guó rén
  1. 1 Chinese person
中意
Zhōng Yì
  1. 1 Sino-Italian
主人
zhǔ rén
  1. 1 master
  2. 2 host
  3. 3 owner
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
主意
zhǔ yi
  1. 1 plan
  2. 2 idea
  3. 3 decision
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
  5. 5 Beijing pr. [zhú yi]
主持人
zhǔ chí rén
  1. 1 TV or radio presenter
  2. 2 host
  3. 3 anchor

Idioms (20)

一人得道，鸡犬升天
yī rén dé dào , jī quǎn shēng tiān
  1. 1 lit. when a man achieves the Dao, his poultry and dogs rise to Heaven (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to ride on sb else's success
  3. 3 Once one man gets a government position, all his cronies get in too
  4. 4 Once sb has cracked the problem, every Tom, Dick and Harry can do it
一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一鸣惊人
yī míng jīng rén
  1. 1 to amaze the world with a single brilliant feat (idiom); an overnight celebrity
一鼻孔出气
yī bí kǒng chū qì
  1. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
三人成虎
sān rén chéng hǔ
  1. 1 three men talking makes a tiger (idiom); repeated rumor becomes a fact
三人行，必有我师
sān rén xíng , bì yǒu wǒ shī
  1. 1 lit. if three walk together, one can be my teacher (idiom, from the Analects of Confucius)
  2. 2 you have sth to learn from everyone
三个女人一台戏
sān ge nu:3 rén yī tái xì
  1. 1 three women are enough for a drama (idiom)
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
不以人废言
bù yǐ rén fèi yán
  1. 1 not to reject a word because of the speaker (idiom, from Analects); to judge on the merits of the case rather than preference between advisers
不恤人言
bù xù rén yán
  1. 1 not to worry about the gossip (idiom); to do the right thing regardless of what others say
不是一家人不进一家门
bù shì yī jiā rén bù jìn yī jiā mén
  1. 1 people who don't belong together, don't get to live together (idiom)
  2. 2 marriages are predestined
  3. 3 people marry because they share common traits
不甘人后
bù gān rén hòu
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不甘后人
bù gān hòu rén
  1. 1 (idiom) not want to be outdone
  2. 2 not content to lag behind
不听老人言，吃亏在眼前
bù tīng lǎo rén yán , chī kuī zài yǎn qián
  1. 1 (idiom) ignore your elders at your peril
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
乘人不备
chéng rén bù bèi
  1. 1 to take advantage of sb in an unguarded moment (idiom)
  2. 2 to take sb by surprise
事在人为
shì zài rén wéi
  1. 1 the matter depends on the individual (idiom); it is a matter for your own effort
  2. 2 With effort, one can achieve anything.
人不可貌相
rén bù kě mào xiàng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance (idiom)
  2. 2 you can't judge a book by its cover
  3. 3 often in combination 人不可貌相，海水不可斗量[rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng]

Sample Sentences

那我就推荐他的第一部侦探小说给你吧，名字叫做《放学后》。这是一部校园悬疑小说，情节紧凑，结局出人意料。
nà wǒ jiù tuījiàn tā de dì yī bù zhēntàn xiǎoshuō gěi nǐ ba ，míngzi jiàozuò 《fàngxué hòu 》。zhè shì yī bù xiàoyuán xuányí xiǎoshuō ，qíngjié jǐncòu ，jiéjú chūrényìliào 。
Then I'll recommend his first detective novel. It's called 'After School'. It's a thriller based in school, the plot is very fast-paced and the ending is really unexpected.
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是啊，现在网上的作品大部分是网络写手和编辑们一起制造的。如果写到哪一章追的人少了，编辑会立马让你搞出一些出人意料的情节，比如把一个最受欢迎的配角写死，或者来一场激情戏什么的。
shì a ，xiànzài wǎngshàng de zuòpǐn dàbùfēn shì wǎngluò xiěshǒu hé biānjímen yīqǐ zhìzào de 。rúguǒ xiědào nǎ yī zhāng zhuī de rén shǎo le ，biānjí huì lìmǎ ràng nǐ gǎochū yīxiē chūrényìliào de qíngjié ，bǐrú bǎ yī gè zuì shòuhuānyíng de pèijué xiě sǐ ，huò zhě lái yī chǎng jīqíngxì shénme de 。
Yeah. Nowadays most works online are made with writers and editors together. If few people follow some chapter, the editor will make you come up with a plot that's unexpected. For instance, like writing in the death of a beloved supporting character, or some romance story.
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大家看，紧跟在芙蓉身后的这两位，从打扮就可以知道，是的，她们是春哥和曾哥，听说这次会以组合的方式参赛，真是出人意料。
dàjiā kàn ，jǐngēn zài Fúróng shēnhòu de zhè liǎngwèi ，cóng dǎbàn jiù kěyǐ zhīdào ，shì de ，tāmen shì Chūngē hé Zēnggē ，tīngshuō zhècì huì yǐ zǔhé de fāngshì cānsài ，zhēn shì chūrényìliào 。
Everyone, take a look at the two people following closely behind Fu Rong. Just from their get-up you can tell who they are. That's right, they're Brother Chun and Brother Zeng. I've heard they've formed a partnership for this competition. A real surprise for everyone.
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