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始料未及 (ci2 liu6 mei6 kap6) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

始料未及 (ci2 liu6 mei6 kap6, shǐ liào wèi jí) — not expected at the outset (idiom); unforeseen; to be surprised by the turn of events

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 始祖 (ci2 zou2) — (noun) Ancestor
• 始 (ci2) — to begin; to start; then; only then; a beginning; a surname; first
• 始作俑者 (ci2 zok3 jung2 ze2) — (lit.) the first person to make funerary figurines (idiom); (fig.) the originat…
• 始建 (ci2 gin3) — to start building
• 始新世 (ci2 san1 sai3) — Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)
• 始新紀 (ci2 san1 gei2) — Eocene (geological epoch from 55m-34m years ago)

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