意外
yì wài
Pinyin

Definition

意外
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yì wài
  1. unexpected
  2. accident
  3. mishap
  4. CL:個|个[gè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中意
Zhōng Yì
  1. 1 Sino-Italian
任意
rèn yì
  1. 1 any
  2. 2 arbitrary
  3. 3 at will
  4. 4 at random
创意
chuàng yì
  1. 1 creative
  2. 2 creativity
另外
lìng wài
  1. 1 additional
  2. 2 in addition
  3. 3 besides
  4. 4 separate
  5. 5 other
  6. 6 moreover
  7. 7 furthermore
在意
zài yì
  1. 1 to care about
  2. 2 to mind

Idioms (20)

一意孤行
yī yì gū xíng
  1. 1 obstinately clinging to one's course (idiom)
  2. 2 willful
  3. 3 one's own way
  4. 4 dogmatic
三心二意
sān xīn èr yì
  1. 1 in two minds about sth (idiom)
  2. 2 half-hearted
  3. 3 shilly-shallying
不足为外人道
bù zú wéi wài rén dào
  1. 1 no use to tell others
  2. 2 let's keep this between ourselves (idiom)
九霄云外
jiǔ xiāo yún wài
  1. 1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
  2. 2 unimaginably far away
人外有人，天外有天
rén wài yǒu rén , tiān wài yǒu tiān
  1. 1 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself (idiom)

Sample Sentences

喔，对了，今年金马奖最意外的惊喜就是最佳女主角奖项，竟然是由同一部电影的两位女主同时摘得！
ō ，duìle ，jīnnián jīnmǎjiǎng zuì yìwài de jīngxǐ jiùshì zuìjiā nǚ zhǔjué jiǎngxiàng ，jìngrán shì yóu tóngyī bù diànyǐng de liǎng wèi nǚzhǔ tóngshí zhāidé ！
Oh, yes. The biggest surprise at this year's Golden Horse Awards was the best actress category. It turned out that it got jointly awarded to two female leads in the same film!
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我也看到那边了，吓了一大跳，太意外了。
wǒ yě kàndào nàbiān le ，xià le yī dà tiào ，tài yìwài le 。
I saw to that part too, I was shocked, it's so unexpected.
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这倒是，其实我蛮意外很多人不喜欢那种稍硬、带面心的意大利面，但那才是传统的味道。
zhèdàoshì ，qíshí wǒ mán yìwài hěn duō rén bù xǐhuan nà zhǒng shāo yìng 、dài miàn xīn de Yìdàlìmiàn ，dàn nà cáishì chuántǒng de wèidao 。
That's true, actually I'm pretty surprised that many people don't like pasta that is slightly hard with sold center, because only that is the traditional flavor.
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这个赛季他很有可能打破雷阿伦保持的单季两百八十八个三分球的纪录，只要不出意外，今后所有关于三分球的纪录也必将由他改写。
zhè ge sàijì tā hěn yǒu kěnéng dǎpò léiālún bǎochí de dān jì liǎngbǎibāshí bā gè sānfēnqiú de jìlù ，zhǐyào bù chūyìwài ，jīnhòu suǒyǒu guānyú sānfēnqiú de jìlù yě bì jiāng yóu tā gǎixiě 。
This season he will likely break the record for three-pointers in a single season currently held by Ray Allen at 288. If nothing unexpected happens, all the records on three-pointers will have to be changed to his name.
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你说的没错，人总有老去的一天，就像九六黄金一代一样，NBA联盟现役的，就只有科比一个人了，按照今年科比的状态，不出意外应该是他的最后一季，打完就应该退役了。
nǐshuōde méicuò ，rén zǒng yǒu lǎoqù de yītiān ，jiù xiàng jiǔliù huángjīn yī dài yīyàng ，NBA liánméng xiànyì de ，jiù zhǐyǒu Kēbǐ yī gè rén le ，ànzhào jīnnián Kēbǐ de zhuàngtài ，bù chūyìwài yīnggāi shì tā de zuìhòu yī jì ，dǎwán jiù yīnggāi tuìyì le 。
You're right, everyone gets older sooner or later, just like the players of the legendary 1996 draft, only Kobe remains as an active NBA conference player. And given Kobe's condition this year, it wouldn't be surprising if it is his last season, after which he'll likely retire.
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后来秦宇再过了两周没见到女孩儿的日子，开始想念她了。”她为什么不再光顾这间咖啡店了？是搬家了？移民了？还是交男朋友了？不会是出意外了吧？”
hòulái qínyǔ zài guò le liǎng Zhōu méi jiàndào nǚháiēr de rìzi ，kāishǐ xiǎngniàn tā le 。”tā wèishénme bùzài guānggù zhè jiān kāfēidiàn le ？shì bānjiā le ？yímín le ？háishi jiāo nánpéngyou le ？bùhuì shì chū yìwài le ba ？”
QinYu started to miss her after two weeks without seeing the girl. "Why did she stop coming to this coffee shop? Has she moved? Immigrated? Or got a boyfriend? Or even worse, had an accident?"
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只要不是出意外就好，如果她再出现在这里，我一定要约她！”
zhǐyào búshi chū yìwài jiù hǎo ，rúguǒ tā zài chūxiàn zài zhèlǐ ，wǒ yīdìng yāoyuè tā ！”
"As long as it’s not an accident, then it’s fine. If she comes here again, I am definitely going to ask her out!"
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巴西国博大火背后：一场并不意外的悲剧？
Bāxī guóbó dà huǒ bèihòu ：yīchǎng bìngbù yìwài de bēijù ？
Behind the Brazil National Museum fire : a tragedy that was not from an accident?
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没有，但是农历七月游泳发生意外的人很多。
méiyǒu ，dànshì nónglì qīyuè yóuyǒng fāshēng yìwài de rén hěn duō 。
No, but lots of people suffer accidents while swimming in the seventh month of the lunar year.
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其实看数字，发生意外的几率没有特别高。
qíshí kàn shùzì ，fāshēng yìwài de jǐlǜ méiyǒu tèbié gāo 。
Actually, examining the figures, the accident rate isn't particularly high.
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