意料之中 yì liào zhī zhōng

DEFINITIONS

  1. to come as no surprise
  2. as expected

CHARACTERS

意 yì
HSK 2
thought, idea, opinion; think
料 liào
HSK 3
consider, conjecture; materials, ingredients
之 zhī
HSK 4
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
中 zhōng
HSK 1
central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain