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意料
yìliào
1. to anticipate
2. to expect
HSK 6 Common • Top 7%

Character Breakdown

意
yì
thought, idea, opinion; desire, wish; meaning, intention
HSK 2 13 丶
料
liào
ingredients, materials; to conjecture, to guess
HSK 3 10 丶

Compound Words (4)

出乎意料
chūhūyìliào
beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意料
chūrényìliào
unexpected (idiom)
意料之中
yìliàozhīzhōng
to come as no surprise
意料之外
yìliàozhīwài
contrary to expectation

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Category
Chinese
Word Frequency Rank
6,264 of 84,292