意料
yì liào
Pinyin

Definition

意料
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yì liào
  1. to anticipate
  2. to expect

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中意
Zhōng Yì
  1. 1 Sino-Italian
任意
rèn yì
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 arbitrary
  3. 3 at will
  4. 4 at random
创意
chuàng yì
  1. 1 creative
  2. 2 creativity
在意
zài yì
  1. 1 to care about
  2. 2 to mind
好意思
hǎo yì si
  1. 1 to have the nerve
  2. 2 what a cheek!
  3. 3 to feel no shame
  4. 4 to overcome the shame
  5. 5 (is it) proper? (rhetorical question)
如意
rú yì
  1. 1 as one wants
  2. 2 according to one's wishes
  3. 3 ruyi scepter, a symbol of power and good fortune
得意
dé yì
  1. 1 proud of oneself
  2. 2 pleased with oneself
  3. 3 complacent
意味
yì wèi
  1. 1 meaning
  2. 2 implication
  3. 3 flavor
  4. 4 overtone
  5. 5 to mean
  6. 6 to imply
  7. 7 (Tw) to get a sense of
意外
yì wài
  1. 1 unexpected
  2. 2 accident
  3. 3 mishap
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
意思
yì si
  1. 1 idea
  2. 2 opinion
  3. 3 meaning
  4. 4 wish
  5. 5 desire
  6. 6 interest
  7. 7 fun
  8. 8 token of appreciation, affection etc
  9. 9 CL:個|个[gè]
  10. 10 to give as a small token
  11. 11 to do sth as a gesture of goodwill etc
意义
yì yì
  1. 1 sense
  2. 2 meaning
  3. 3 significance
  4. 4 importance
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè]
意见
yì jiàn
  1. 1 idea
  2. 2 opinion
  3. 3 suggestion
  4. 4 objection
  5. 5 complaint
  6. 6 CL:點|点[diǎn],條|条[tiáo]
意识
yì shí
  1. 1 consciousness
  2. 2 awareness
  3. 3 to be aware
  4. 4 to realize
惬意
qiè yì
  1. 1 satisfied
  2. 2 pleased
  3. 3 contented
有意思
yǒu yì si
  1. 1 interesting
  2. 2 meaningful
  3. 3 enjoyable
  4. 4 fun
材料
cái liào
  1. 1 material
  2. 2 data
  3. 3 makings
  4. 4 stuff
  5. 5 CL:個|个[gè],種|种[zhǒng]
注意
zhù yì
  1. 1 to take note of
  2. 2 to pay attention to
满意
mǎn yì
  1. 1 satisfied
  2. 2 pleased
  3. 3 to one's satisfaction
生意
shēng yì
  1. 1 life force
  2. 2 vitality
睡意
shuì yì
  1. 1 sleepiness

Idioms (20)

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
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
偷工减料
tōu gōng jiǎn liào
  1. 1 to skimp on the job and stint on materials (idiom)
  2. 2 jerry-building
  3. 3 sloppy work
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎预料
chū hū yù liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
出人意料
chū rén yì liào
  1. 1 unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2 surprising
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
  1. 1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
出其不意，攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
  1. 1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])
千里送鹅毛，礼轻人意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng rén yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a slight present but weighty meaning (idiom); It's not the present the counts, it's the thought behind it.
千里送鹅毛，礼轻情意重
qiān lǐ sòng é máo , lǐ qīng qíng yì zhòng
  1. 1 goose feather sent from afar, a trifling present with a weighty thought behind it (idiom); It's not the gift that counts, but the thought behind it.
只可意会，不可言传
zhǐ kě yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
  1. 1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
可以意会，不可言传
kě yǐ yì huì , bù kě yán chuán
  1. 1 can be understood, but not described (idiom, from Zhuangzi 莊子|庄子); mysterious and subtle
善解人意
shàn jiě rén yì
  1. 1 to be good at understanding others (idiom)
回心转意
huí xīn zhuǎn yì
  1. 1 to change one's mind (idiom)
始料未及
shǐ liào wèi jí
  1. 1 not expected at the outset (idiom)
  2. 2 unforeseen
  3. 3 to be surprised by the turn of events
安闲随意
ān xián suí yì
  1. 1 leisurely and free (idiom); carefree and at ease
寓意深远
yù yì shēn yuǎn
  1. 1 the implied message is deep (idiom); having deep implications
寓意深长
yù yì shēn cháng
  1. 1 to have profound import (idiom); to be deeply significant

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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没想到大热天的竟然还有这么多人来逛书展啊！真是出乎意料！
méixiǎngdào dàrètiān de jìngrán hái yǒu zhème duō rén lái guàng shūzhǎn ā ！zhēn shì chūhūyìliào ！
I never thought there'd be so many people at the book fair on such a hot day! It's 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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出乎意料
chūhūyìliào
unexpectedly, outside of one's expectations
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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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但是银行和钢铁股的下跌有些出乎意料。到底是什么原因呢？下面，我们请分析师冯先生来帮我们分析一下。
dànshì yínháng hé gāngtiě gǔ de xiàdiē yǒuxiē chūhūyìliào 。dàodǐ shì shénme yuányīn ne ？xiàmian ，wǒmen qǐng fēnxīshī Féng xiānsheng lái bāng wǒmen fēnxī yīxià 。
But the drop in the banking and steel industries was somewhat surprising. Why did it happen? Coming up next, Mr. Feng will analyze the situation for us.
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其中地产股的下跌���意料之中，主要是受到销售业绩的影响，房市持续走低。所以地产商在资金上遭受很大压力。机构投资者在中午开始抛盘，后来散户也开始跟进。
qízhōng dìchǎn gǔ de xiàdiē zài yìliàozhīzhōng ，zhǔyào shì shòudào xiāoshòu yèjì de yǐngxiǎng ，fángshì chíxù zǒudī 。suǒyǐ dìchǎnshāng zài zījīn shàng zāoshòu hěn dà yālì 。jīgòutóuzīzhě zài zhōngwǔ kāishǐ pāopán ，hòulái sǎnhù yě kāishǐ gēnjìn 。
Today's real estate losses were predictable. They were mainly due to the influence of poor sales and the continued decline in the housing market. So real estate merchants have a lot of funding pressure. Institutional investors started to bail out at mid-day, and later individual investors also began to follow.
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