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意料之中 (yì liào zhī zhōng) — (noun phrase) as expected, within expectations

Definition

Set phrase meaning 'as expected / within expectations'. Pairs naturally with the opposite 意料之外 ('unexpected'). Use it to comment that something turned out just as one predicted.

noun
(noun phrase) as expectedwithin expectations

Examples

  • 意料之中。
    Zhè cì kǎo shì de jié guǒ wán quán zài wǒ de yì liào zhī zhōng.
    The result of this exam is completely as I expected.
  • 意料之中，。
    Tā chí dào shì yì liào zhī zhōng de shì, tā jīng cháng zhè yàng.
    His being late is an expected thing; he often does this.
  • ，。
    Yí qiè dōu zài yì liào zhī zhōng, wǒ men zǎo jiù zhǔn bèi hǎo le.
    Everything was as expected; we were already prepared.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

料 combines 米 (rice) with 斗 (a dipper), showing rice being measured or gauged.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

The shape pairs 止, a foot, with 一, a beginning place, and means to go.

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A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The original picture showed a flagpole with a drum in the middle, set up in the center of a field.

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