超乎 (chāo hū) — to surpass, to exceed (used in fixed collocations like 超乎想象, 超乎寻常)
Definition
Literary verb meaning 'to exceed, go beyond,' used almost entirely in fixed phrases like 超乎想象 ('beyond imagination') and 超乎寻常 ('out of the ordinary'). Far more formal and written than the everyday 超过.
verb
to surpassto exceed (used in fixed collocations like 超乎想象, 超乎寻常)
Examples
- 超乎。Zhè cì bǐ sài de jīng cǎi chéng dù chāo hū le suǒ yǒu rén de xiǎng xiàng.The excitement level of this competition surpassed everyone's imagination.
- 超乎。Tā de chéng gōng wán quán chāo hū le wǒ de yù liào.His success completely exceeded my expectations.
- 超乎。Zhè jiàn shì de jié guǒ chāo hū hū xún cháng.The outcome of this matter was out of the ordinary.
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