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想不到
xiǎngbudào
1. unexpected
2. hard to imagine
3. it had not occurred to me
4. who could have thought that
Very Common • Top 5%

Example Sentences (2)

我早上跟你打招呼,你没看见。想不到又在这儿碰见你了。
Wǒ zǎoshang gēn nǐ dǎ zhāohū, nǐ méi kànjiàn. Xiǎng bú dào yòu zài zhèr pèngjiàn nǐ le.
I said hi to you this morning, but you didn't notice. I didn't expect to run into you here again.
Text 3
想不到你工作那么忙,还能每天坚持阅读。
Xiǎngbúdào nǐ gōngzuò nàme máng, hái néng měitiān jiānchí yuèdú.
I didn't expect you to be so busy at work yet still manage to read every day.
Text 3

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
4,195 of 84,292