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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

意外 [yìwài]
  1. 1. noun accident
  2. 2. adjective unexpected

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

意外 [yìwài]
  1. 1. accidental; unexpected; unforeseen; sudden; surprise
    你太出乎我的意外了!
    You astound me!
    感到意外
    be surprised; be taken by surprise
    意外利润
    windfall profit
    意外损失
    unexpected loss
  2. 2. accident; mishap
    以免发生意外
    so as to avoid accidents
  3. 3. accidentally

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

意外 [yìwài]
  1. 1. 意料之外的;料想不到的
    出现这种情况太意外了。
    意外发现。
  2. 2. 料想不到的不幸事件
    万一有个意外怎么办?。
    防止意外

Examples

她的出现使人感到意外
Her appearance was quite unexpected.
发生了意外
Something unexpected happened.
他的话并不使人感到意外
What he said was not surprising.
意外利润
windfall profit
你太出乎我的意外了!
You astound me!
碰到这样意外的事,他乱了章法。
He was thrown off balance by such an unexpected turn of events.
招致意外的损失
incur unexpected losses

Collocations

出人意外
surprising
感到意外
to feel surprise
非常意外
surprisingly
意外事故
accidents
意外失手
to fail to achieve one's goal by accident
发生意外
to have accidents
纯属意外
accidentally

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