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Unexpected in Chinese: 意想不到 (yì xiǎng bù dào)

yì xiǎng bù dào

unexpected

HSK 3.0 Level 61 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1unexpected
  2. 2previously unimagined

Stroke order

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想
不
到

Zhuyin

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ㄧˋ

yì

ㄧ/ iˋ/ fourth tone

ㄒㄧㄤˇ

xiǎng

ㄒ/ xㄧ/ iㄤ/ angˇ/ third tone

ㄅㄨˋ

bù

ㄅ/ bㄨ/ uˋ/ fourth tone

ㄉㄠˋ

dào

ㄉ/ dㄠ/ aoˋ/ fourth tone

Example sentences

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  • 这个结果让所有人都感到意想不到。

    zhè ge jié guǒ ràng suǒ yǒu rén dōu gǎn dào yì xiǎng bú dào。

    This result felt completely unexpected to everyone.

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Related words

不

bù

no

想

xiǎng

to think (about)

到

dào

to reach

意思

yì si

idea

迟到

chí dào

to arrive late

满意

mǎn yì

satisfied

同意

tóng yì

to agree

遇到

yù dào

to meet

愿意

yuàn yì

to wish

注意

zhù yì

to take note of

不但

bù dàn

not only (... but also ...)

不管

bù guǎn

not to be concerned

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