WordTaiwan frequency #25,906
始料未及
ㄕˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄨㄟˋ ㄐㄧˊ
“not anticipated at the outset; beyond initial expectations”
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始
ㄕˇ
To begin or start; then or only then; formerly or once; initially or originally.
料
ㄌㄧㄠˋ
material; stuff; ingredients; to expect; to anticipate; to guess; to consider; to conjecture; subject matter; feed for animals; measure word for traditional Chinese medicine doses.
未
ㄨㄟˋ
Not yet; have not; did not; no; the eighth of the twelve Earthly Branches, representing 1-3 p.m. or the sixth solar month; a surname.
及
ㄐㄧˊ
To reach; to catch up to; to be equal to; to involve; and; to extend to.
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Words sharing these characters
Vocabulary built from the same characters — most common first
- 開始ㄎㄞ ㄕˇto begin; to start; beginning; initial; to set about; to get underway
- 以及ㄧˇ ㄐㄧˊand; as well as; used to connect parallel words or phrases.
- 未來ㄨㄟˋ ㄌㄞˊthe time yet to come; the future; tomorrow; approaching; coming; pending
- 資料ㄗ ㄌㄧㄠˋdata; information; material; resources; profile (Internet)
- 尚未ㄕㄤˋ ㄨㄟˋnot yet; still not; used to indicate that something has not happened or been done up to the present time
- 料理ㄌㄧㄠˋ ㄌㄧˇto cook; cuisine; to arrange or handle; to take care of; to torment or torture.
- 始終ㄕˇ ㄓㄨㄥfrom beginning to end; all along; the whole time; start and end; the full course of events; ultimately; in the end
- 材料ㄘㄞˊ ㄌㄧㄠˋmaterial; raw material; data; (fig.) a person with potential for a certain role
- 從未ㄘㄨㄥˊ ㄨㄟˋnever; at no time; not once.
- 涉及ㄕㄜˋ ㄐㄧˊto involve; to relate to; to concern; to touch upon
- 飲料ㄧㄣˇ ㄌㄧㄠˋdrink; beverage; any processed liquid for drinking, such as soda, juice, or alcohol.
- 原始ㄩㄢˊ ㄕˇoriginal; primitive; earliest; first; original document; unspoiled; unprocessed; in the earliest stage of human history