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没想到

/ méi xiǎngdào /
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1
真没想到
2
一点儿也没想到
3
谁也没想到
4
没想到他来了
5
没想到出事了
6
没想到下雨了

Definition

没想到, which means “didn't expect”.

Example

没想到, which means “didn't expect”.
1
Shàng
上午
tiān
天气
hái
hǎohǎor  
好好儿
de
  
,
méi
xiǎngdào
想到
xià
下午
què
xià
le
大雨
  

The weather was fine in the morning, but I didn't expect that it would rain heavily in the afternoon.

2
zuòmèng
做梦
méi
xiǎngdào
想到
huì
zhēn
de
dào
得到
zhè
fèn
gōngzuò
工作
  

I never dreamed I would actually get this job.

3
rán
突然
shēng
发生
zhèyàng
这样
de
shì
  
,
shì
men
我们
shuí
dōu
méi
xiǎngdào
想到
de
  

Suddenly something like this happened that none of us had expected.

4
Zhēn
méixiǎngdào
没想到
  
,
zài
zhè
这里
dào
遇到
le
duōnián
多年
jiàn
不见
de
lǎopéngyou
老朋友
  

I really didn't expect to meet an old friend who I haven't seen for many years here.

5
Shuí
méiyǒu
没有
xiǎngdào
想到
huì
gēn
xiǎozhāng
小张
jiéhūn
结婚
  

No one thought that she would marry Xiao Zhang.

6
Ràng
méi
xiǎngdào
想到
de
shì
  
,
píngshí
平时
xué
学习
bān
一般
de
jìngrán
竟然
kǎoshàng
考上
le
běijīngxué
北京大学
  

What I didn't expect was that he was admitted to Peking University.