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意料

yìliào

“To anticipate” in Chinese is 意料 (yìliào).

Meaning

  • to anticipate; to expect
  • expectations

Example

意料之外,收获颇丰。

Unexpectedly, I struck fortune.

Example sentence from Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0).

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Not to be confused with: 医疗 (yīliáo, medical treatment)