出乎意料

chū hū - yì liào
(idiom) unexpected

Individual characters

出chū · to go out, to come out, to occur
HSK 2
乎hū · (classical particle similar to 於|于[yu2]) in意yì · idea, meaning, thought, to think料liào · material, feed, stuff, grain

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