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出乎

Mandarin · pinyin chū hū

due to
to stem from
to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc)
to go against (expectations)

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出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
乎: hū · interrogative or exclamatory final particle

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1–1 · chu1 hu1

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verb

to come from; to originate from; to stem from
to go beyond; to exceed

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