始料未及
Traditional form:
始料未及
Pinyin (reading):
shǐliàowèijí
Definitions:
- not expected at the outset (idiom)
- unforeseen
- to be surprised by the turn of events
Characters:
- 始 - to begin, to start; beginning
- 料 - ingredients, materials; to conjecture, to guess
- 未 - not yet; 8th terrestrial branch
- 及 - to extend; to reach; and; in time
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