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出乎預料

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Mandarin · pinyin chū hū yù liào

beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected

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出: chū · go out, send out; stand; produce
乎: hū · interrogative or exclamatory final particle
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料: liào · consider, conjecture; materials, ingredients
预: yù · prepare, arrange; in advance

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1–1–4–4 · chu1 hu1 yu4 liao4

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ceot1 fu4 jyu6 liu2

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