出乎
chū hū
Pinyin

Definition

出乎
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chū hū
  1. due to
  2. to stem from
  3. to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc)
  4. to go against (expectations)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

付出
fù chū
  1. 1 to pay
  2. 2 to invest (energy or time in a friendship etc)
伸出
shēn chū
  1. 1 to extend
出
chū
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to come out
  3. 3 to occur
  4. 4 to produce
  5. 5 to go beyond
  6. 6 to rise
  7. 7 to put forth
  8. 8 to happen
  9. 9 (used after a verb to indicate an outward direction or a positive result)
  10. 10 classifier for dramas, plays, operas etc
出来
chū lái
  1. 1 to come out
  2. 2 to appear
  3. 3 to arise
出去
chū qù
  1. 1 to go out
出现
chū xiàn
  1. 1 to appear
  2. 2 to arise
  3. 3 to emerge
  4. 4 to show up
出发
chū fā
  1. 1 to set off
  2. 2 to start (on a journey)
出门
chū mén
  1. 1 to go out
  2. 2 to leave home
  3. 3 to go on a journey
  4. 4 away from home
  5. 5 (of a woman) to get married
在乎
zài hu
  1. 1 to care about
  2. 2 equivalent of 在於|在于[zài yú]
不亦乐乎
bù yì lè hū
  1. 1 lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)
  2. 2 fig. (jocularly) extremely
  3. 3 awfully
似乎
sì hū
  1. 1 apparently
  2. 2 to seem
  3. 3 to appear
  4. 4 as if
  5. 5 seemingly
作出
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to come up with
  3. 3 to make (a choice, decision, proposal, response, comment etc)
  4. 4 to issue (a permit, statement, explanation, apology, reassurance to the public etc)
  5. 5 to draw (conclusion)
  6. 6 to deliver (speech, judgment)
  7. 7 to devise (explanation)
  8. 8 to extract
做出
zuò chū
  1. 1 to put out
  2. 2 to issue
出世
chū shì
  1. 1 to be born
  2. 2 to come into being
  3. 3 to withdraw from worldly affairs
出乎
chū hū
  1. 1 due to
  2. 2 to stem from
  3. 3 to go beyond (also fig. beyond reason, expectations etc)
  4. 4 to go against (expectations)
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出事
chū shì
  1. 1 to have an accident
  2. 2 to meet with a mishap
出人意料
chū rén yì liào
  1. 1 unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2 surprising
出入
chū rù
  1. 1 to go out and come in
  2. 2 entrance and exit
  3. 3 expenditure and income
  4. 4 discrepancy
  5. 5 inconsistent
出动
chū dòng
  1. 1 to start out on a trip
  2. 2 to dispatch troops

Idioms (20)

一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 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. 1 lit. to breathe through the same nostril (idiom); fig. two people say exactly the same thing (usually derog.)
  2. 2 to sing from the same hymn sheet
之乎者也
zhī hū zhě yě
  1. 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. 1 to run off in a great panic (idiom)
倾巢而出
qīng cháo ér chū
  1. 1 the whole nest came out (idiom); to turn out in full strength
出乎意外
chū hū yì wài
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎意料
chū hū yì liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出乎预料
chū hū yù liào
  1. 1 beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected
出人意外
chū rén yì wài
  1. 1 turned out other than expected (idiom); unexpected
出人意料
chū rén yì liào
  1. 1 unexpected (idiom)
  2. 2 surprising
出人头地
chū rén tóu dì
  1. 1 to stand out among one's peers (idiom)
  2. 2 to excel
出其不意
chū qí bù yì
  1. 1 to do sth when least expected (idiom); to catch sb off guard
出其不意，攻其不备
chū qí bù yì , gōng qí bù bèi
  1. 1 to catch an enemy off guard with a surprise attack (idiom, from Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ])
出口成章
chū kǒu chéng zhāng
  1. 1 (idiom) (of one's speech) eloquent
  2. 2 articulate
出水芙蓉
chū shuǐ fú róng
  1. 1 as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy)
出淤泥而不染
chū yū ní ér bù rǎn
  1. 1 lit. to grow out of the mud unsullied (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be principled and incorruptible
出尔反尔
chū ěr fǎn ěr
  1. 1 old: to reap the consequences of one's words (idiom, from Mencius); modern: to go back on one's word
  2. 2 to blow hot and cold
  3. 3 to contradict oneself
  4. 4 inconsistent
出生入死
chū shēng rù sǐ
  1. 1 from the cradle to the grave (idiom); to go through fire and water
  2. 2 brave
  3. 3 willing to risk life and limb
出神入化
chū shén rù huà
  1. 1 to reach perfection (idiom); a superb artistic achievement
出自肺腑
chū zì fèi fǔ
  1. 1 from the bottom of one's heart (idiom)

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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