想不到

xiǎng bu dào · xiang bu dao

Same in simplified and traditional Chinese

Meaning

CC-CEDICT
  1. unexpected
  2. hard to imagine
  3. it had not occurred to me
  4. who could have thought that

In a sentence

2 examples
01

想(xiǎng)不(bu)到(dào)会(huì)在(zài)这(zhè)里(lǐ)遇(yù)见(jiàn)你(nǐ)!

Fancy meeting you here!

Tatoeba: Chinese by Martha · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

真(zhēn)想(xiǎng)不(bu)到(dào),他(tā)居(jū)然(rán)考(kǎo)了(le)第(dì)一(yī)名(míng)。

It's really unexpected that he actually got first place on the exam.

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