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没想到
沒想到
méixiǎngdào
1.
didn't expect
Character Breakdown
Example Sentences (4)
真没想到你一个来自美国的外国留学生，能把京剧唱得这么好。
Zhēn méi xiǎngdào nǐ yí gè láizì Měiguó de wàiguó liúxuéshēng, néng bǎ Jīngjù chàng de zhème hǎo.
I really didn’t expect that you, a foreign student from the United States, could sing Peking Opera so well.
Text 2
别提了！我以为新工作比以前的好，没想到还没有以前好呢。
Bié tí le! Wǒ yǐwéi xīn gōngzuò bǐ yǐqián de hǎo, méi xiǎngdào hái méiyǒu yǐqián hǎo ne.
Don't bring it up! I thought the new job would be better than my old one, but it turns out it's still not as good as my old one.
Text 1
真没想到，我工作这么顺利。
Zhēn méi xiǎngdào, wǒ gōngzuò zhème shùnlì.
I really didn't expect my work to go so smoothly.
Text 4
听说她毕业后放弃了律师的工作，开始专门写小说，没想到她竟然成功了。
Tīngshuō tā bìyè hòu fàngqì le lǜshī de gōngzuò, kāishǐ zhuānmén xiě xiǎoshuō, méi xiǎngdào tā jìngrán chénggōng le.
I heard that after she graduated, she gave up her job as a lawyer and started writing novels full-time. Unexpectedly, she actually succeeded.
Text 3
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