be pleased beyond expectations 14 喜出望外 [-] xǐchūwàngwài (happy-exceed-expectation-outside) be pleased beyond expectations: 我们队得了冠军, 大家~. We were enjoyed to hear that our team had won the championship. '116 To know, to estimate 了解, 估计 (liǎojiě, gūjì)
expected 11 预计 [預計] yùjì (in advance-calculate) expected: ~明年完成Is expected to be completed next year || ~价格estimated price || ~收入expected income '116 To know, to estimate 了解, 估计 (liǎojiě, gūjì)
expected 12 预料 [預-] yùliào (in advance-predict) expected: 无法~ unpredictable || 难以~ hard to predict || ~不到not expected '116 To know, to estimate 了解, 估计 (liǎojiě, gūjì)
expected 13 预期 [預-] yùqī (in advance-expect) expected: ~效果 expected result || ~目的expected purpose || ~结果expected outcome '117 To plan, to hope, to think 计划, 希望, 主张 (jìhuà, xīwàng, zhǔzhāng)
await, expect, look forward to 16 期待 [-] qīdài (hope-wait) await, expect, look forward to: ~成功 expect success || 孩子们非常~圣诞节. Children are looking forward to Christmas. '117 To plan, to hope, to think 计划, 希望, 主张 (jìhuà, xīwàng, zhǔzhāng)
~他的到来 expect his arrival || ~得到好消息 expect to receive good news || 充满~ be full of expectations 17 期望 [-] qīwàng (hope-hope) 205 Copula, connection 系词 (xìcí)
show a tendency towards, decline be expected to fall 53 看淡 [-] (view-unpromising) show a tendency towards, decline be expected to fall: 老年人一般会~爱情. Older people tend to regard love lightly. '232 Real, fake, normal 真, 假, 正常 (zhēn, jiǎ, zhèngcháng)
~情况 an accident situation || ~消息 an unexpected message || 感到~ feel surprised 46 意外 [-] yìwài (expectation-outside) 245 Noble or lowly 贵, 贱 (guì, jiàn)
~专业 less popular major || 爆 ~ produce an upset (esp. in sports), unexpected turn of events 45 冷门 [-門] lěngmén (cold-subject) 280 Generally, normally, probably, certainly, 一般来说 (yìbānláishuō), 应该 (yīnggāi), 可能 (kěnéng), 肯定 (kěndìng)
was originally expected to 5 本该 [-該] běngāi (originally-should) was originally expected to: 他~赢了比赛, 结果一紧张就输了. He was expected to win, but felt nervous and lost. || ~停下来 was originally expected to stop || ~早点结婚 was originally expected to wed early. '284 Adverbs, time (others) 其他时间副词 (qítā shíjiān fùcí)
suddenly, unexpected 14 突然 [-] tūrán (abruptly-suffix) suddenly, unexpected: ~的变化 sudden change || ~生病 sudden illness || 电话~断了. The phone call was unexpectedly cut off. '286 Adverbs, strong mood 强口气副词 (qiáng kǒuqì fùcí)
unexpectedly 8 竟然 [-] jìngrán (unexpectedly-this) unexpectedly: ~忘了 unexpectedly forgot || 礼品盒里~是空的. Unexpectedly the gift box is empty. || 他在 北京住了两年~没去过天安门广场. He lived in Beijing for two years, but unexpectedly, had never been to Tiananmen Square. '286 Adverbs, strong mood 强口气副词 (qiáng kǒuqì fùcí)
unexpectedly, to one’s surprise 9 居然 [-] jūrán (unexpectedly-this) unexpectedly, to one’s surprise: 这 本小说他~一天就读完了. He unexpectedly finished the novel in one day. || 我~不知道她. To my surprise I don’t know her. || ~忘了爸爸的生日 unexpectedly forget father’s birthday '286 Adverbs, strong mood 强口气副词 (qiáng kǒuqì fùcí)
stubbornly (indicates that sth. turns out just the opposite of what one would expect or what would be normal), just 11 偏偏 [-] piānpiān (specially-reduplication) stubbornly (indicates that sth. turns out just the opposite of what one would expect or what would be normal), just: ~不知道 just don’t know || ~如此 unfortunately it’s this way || ~不听 just wouldn’t listen '297 Conjunctions, contrary 转折连词 (zhuǎnzhé liáncí)
unexpected, to one’s surprise 10 不料 [-] búliào (not-expected) unexpected, to one’s surprise: 他计 划三个月完成, ~一个月就完成了. He planned to finish the work in three months, but unexpectedly, it was done in a month. || 眼看她就赢了美国总 统大选, ~电视上爆出了她的丑闻, 结果她输了. She was about to win the U.S. presidential election, but unexpectedly her scandal broke on TV, and she lost the election.'