预料之中 yù liào zhī zhōng

DEFINITIONS

  1. as expected; in anticipation

CHARACTERS

预 yù prepare, arrange; in advance
料 liào consider, conjecture; materials, ingredients
之 zhī marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
中 zhōng central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain