想不到

xiǎng bu dào HSK 6VERB

Verb10 examples

never expect; be unexpected

想不到你中文说得这么好。

xiǎngbudào nǐ Zhōngwén shuō de zhème hǎo.

I didn't expect your Chinese to be so good.

一年没回家，想不到家乡变化这么大。

yī nián méi huí jiā, xiǎngbùdào jiāxiāng biànhuà zhème dà.

I haven’t been home for a year, and I didn’t expect that my hometown has changed so much.

我学到了很多意想不到的东西。

wǒ xué dàole hěnduō yì xiǎngbùdào de dōngxi.

I learned a lot of unexpected things.

想不到你还是个艺术品鉴赏家。

xiǎngbùdào nǐ huánshì gè yìzhúpǐn jiànshǎngjiā

I never thought you were also a connoisseur of art.

想不到你的文章写得这么好。

xiǎngbudào nǐ de wénzhāng xiě de zhème hǎo.

I didn't expect your essay to be so well written.

想不到他竟胡涂到这个分际。

xiǎngbùdào tā jìng hútú dào zhègè fēnjì。

I didn't expect him to be so confused.

我想不到他会帮我做这件事。

wǒ xiǎngbudào tā huì bāng wǒ zuò zhè jiàn shì.

I never expected that he would help me with this.

这次考试的结果我想不到。

zhè cì kǎoshì de jiéguǒ wǒ xiǎngbudào.

I never expected the result of this exam.

想不到在这里看见你。

Xiǎngbùdào zài zhèlǐ kànjiàn nǐ.

Didn't expect to see you here.

他俩多年失掉了联系，想不到在群英会上见面了，真是奇遇!

tā liǎ duōnián shīdiàole liánxì, xiǎngbùdào zài qúnyīnghuì shàng jiànmiànle, zhēnshi qíyù!

They had lost contact for many years, and unexpectedly they met at the gathering of heroes. What a surprise!