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出乎

chū hū

Pinyin

Definition

出乎

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chū hū

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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

付出

fù chū

1 to pay
2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)

伸出

shēn chū

1 to extend

出

chū

1 to go out
2 to come out
3 to occur
4 to produce
5 to go beyond
6 to rise
7 to put forth
8 to happen
9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc

出来

chū lái

1 to come out
2 to appear
3 to arise

出去

chū qù

1 to go out

Idioms (20)

一言既出，驷马难追

yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī

1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept

一鼻孔出气

yī bí kǒng chū qì

1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
2 to sing from the same hymn sheet

之乎者也

zhī hū zhě yě

1 lit. 之[zhī], 乎[hū], 者[zhě] and 也[yě] (four grammatical particles of Classical Chinese) (idiom); fig. archaic expressions

仓皇出逃

cāng huáng chū táo

1 to run off in a great panic (idiom)

倾巢而出

qīng cháo ér chū

1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength

Sample Sentences

没想到大热天的竟然还有这么多人来逛书展啊！真是出乎意料！

méixiǎngdào dàrètiān de jìngrán hái yǒu zhème duō rén lái guàng shūzhǎn ā ！zhēn shì chūhūyìliào ！

I never thought there'd be so many people at the book fair on such a hot day! It's really unexpected!

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出乎意料

chūhūyìliào

unexpectedly, outside of one's expectations

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我以为他会赢，结果他输了，真是出乎预料。

wǒ yǐwéi tā huì yíng ，jiéguǒ tā shū le ，zhēn shì chūhūyùliào 。

I thought he would win, but he lost. It was really completely unexpected.

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我以为他会输，结果他出乎预料地赢了。

wǒ yǐwéi tā huì shū ，jiéguǒ tā chūhūyùliào de yíng le 。

I thought that he would lose, but he unexpectedly won.

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出乎预料

chūhūyùliào

Completely unexpected.

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但是银行和钢铁股的下跌有些出乎意料。到底是什么原因呢？下面，我们请分析师冯先生来帮我们分析一下。

dànshì yínháng hé gāngtiě gǔ de xiàdiē yǒuxiē chūhūyìliào 。dàodǐ shì shénme yuányīn ne ？xiàmian ，wǒmen qǐng fēnxīshī Féng xiānsheng lái bāng wǒmen fēnxī yīxià 。

But the drop in the banking and steel industries was somewhat surprising. Why did it happen? Coming up next, Mr. Feng will analyze the situation for us.

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