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Jyutping bat1 liu6
Pinyin bù liào

Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. unexpectedly
  2. to one's surprise
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 動詞
    冇​預​料到​;​ ​冇​估到
    unforseeable; surprising; did not predict it to be that way
    • 佢落海游水, 不料水裏面有鯊魚, 搞到佢要衝番上岸。
      佢落海游水, 不料水里面有鲨鱼, 搞到佢要冲番上岸。
      keoi5 lok6 hoi2 jau4 seoi2, bat1 liu6 seoi2 leoi5 min6 jau5 saa1 jyu2, gaau2 dou3 keoi5 jiu3 cung1 faan1 soeng5 ngon6.
      He went into the sea to swim, yet there was a shark, so he had to speed back to the shore.
  2. 近義詞
    點知
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. adv, formal
    unexpectedly; to one's surprise
    (syn.) 怎料, 孰料, 未料, 想不到, 不意, 不虞, 哪知, 怎知
  2. noun, formal
    unawareness; unpreparedness
  3. verb, formal
    to not anticipate
    (syn.) 怎料, 无疑悟, 岂料, 不谓, 没想到, 无疑, 不虞, 詎料, 讵料, 未料, 點知, 不圖, 点知, 想不到, 不图, 無疑, 豈料, 孰料, 無疑悟, 不意, 不謂, 沒想到, 哪知, 怎知
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. (沒有對應漢語詞彙)
Definitions (HSK3.0)
  1. HSK3 六级词汇表 #59
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    佢落海游水, 不料水里面有鲨鱼, 搞到佢要冲番上岸。
    佢落海游水, 不料水裏面有鯊魚, 搞到佢要衝番上岸。
    keoi5 lok6 hoi2 jau4 seoi2, bat1 liu6 seoi2 leoi5 min6 jau5 saa1 jyu2, gaau2 dou3 keoi5 jiu3 cung1 faan1 soeng5 ngon6.
    • He went into the sea to swim, yet there was a shark, so he had to speed back to the shore.
Examples (Wiktionary)
  1. Mandarin
    左冷禅筹划这一场五岳并派,原拟办得庄严隆重,好教天下英雄齐生敬畏之心,不料斜刺里钻了这六个惫懒家伙出来,插科打诨,将一个盛大的典礼搞得好似一场儿戏
    左冷禪籌劃這一場五嶽並派,原擬辦得莊嚴隆重,好教天下英雄齊生敬畏之心,不料斜刺裏鑽了這六個憊懶傢伙出來,插科打諢,將一個盛大的典禮搞得好似一場兒戲
    zuǒ lěng chán chóu huà zhè yī chǎng wǔ yuè bìng pài , yuán nǐ bàn de zhuāng yán lóng zhòng , hǎo jiào tiān xià yīng xióng qí shēng jìng wèi zhī xīn , bù liào xié cì lǐ zuàn le zhè liù gè bèi lǎn jiā huo chū lái , chā kē dǎ hùn , jiāng yī gè shèng dà de diǎn lǐ gǎo de hǎo sì yī chǎng ér xì
    • Zuo Lengchan originally designed this ceremony for a combination of the Five Mountain Sword Sects as a solemn and grand one which could make all the warriors in China revere it. Six naughty guys who suddenly appeared, however, made a ceremony which should be grand look like a trivial one by jesting and teasing[…]