出乎意外 chū hū yì wài

DEFINITIONS

  1. beyond expectation (idiom); unexpected

CHARACTERS

出 chū
HSK 1
go out, send out; stand; produce
乎 hū
HSK 3
interrogative or exclamatory final particle
意 yì
HSK 2
thought, idea, opinion; think
外 wài
HSK 2
out, outside, external; foreign