Conj.unexpectedly; to one's surprise

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Character Breakdown

不料 consists of 2 characters.

How to Use 不料 in Sentences

Common collocations & usage patterns. Learn how to combine 不料 with other words naturally.
Adverb + Verbwith完全
wán
quán
liào
neutral
completely unexpected
Verb + Complementwith如此
liào
neutral
unexpectedly like this
Idiomwith
liào
xiǎng
informalSpoken
did not expect
Adjective + Nounwith
liào
zhī
shì
formalWritten
unexpected event

Example Sentences with 不料

zuó
tiān
gōng
yuán
liào
xià
le
I went to the park yesterday, but unexpectedly it rained.
běn
xiǎng
diào
chǔ
shì
liào
xiāo
hái
shì
jìng
ér
zǒu
He originally intended to handle this matter discreetly, but unexpectedly, the news still spread quickly.
liào
zhè
ge
kàn
jiǎn
dān
de
jué
dìng
jìng
yǐn
le
de
zhēng
Unexpectedly, how did this seemingly simple decision provoke such a big controversy?
wéi
kǎo
shì
huì
hěn
nán
liào
dōu
hěn
jiǎn
dān
He thought the exam would be very difficult, but unexpectedly the questions were all easy.
jīng
xīn
zhǔn
bèi
le
liào
fēi
dàn
méi
yǒu
gāo
xìng
fǎn
ér
shēng
le
I carefully prepared a gift, but to my surprise, she was not happy at all; instead, she got angry.
liào
zài
huì
jiāng
jié
shù
shí
duì
fāng
rán
chū
le
jiān
ruì
de
wèn
Unexpectedly, just as the meeting was about to end, the other party suddenly raised a sharp question.
men
huà
zhōu
shān
liào
tiān
rán
biàn
huài
zhǐ
hǎo
xiāo
xíng
chéng
We planned to go hiking this weekend, but unexpectedly the weather suddenly turned bad, so we had to cancel the trip.
zhèng
suàn
chū
mén
liào
shǒu
méi
diàn
le
zhǐ
hǎo
xiān
chōng
diàn
I was just about to go out, but unexpectedly, my phone ran out of battery, so I had to charge it first.