"anticipated" Chinese-English Dictionary

Chinese	Pinyin	Part of speech	Translation	Actions
打折扣	dǎ zhé kòu		to give a discount / to be of less value than anticipated	syn
见光死見光死	jiàn guāng sǐ		(lit.) to wither in the light of day / (fig.) the bubble bursts as the reality becomes apparent (esp. of a much-anticipated first meeting with sb) / (of stocks) just as the favorable news is officially published, the stock price falls
预期空缺			anticipated job opening
靴子落地	xuē zi luò dì		lit. the boot hits the floor (idiom) / fig. a much-anticipated, impactful development has finally occurred (an allusion to a joke from the 1950s in which a young man would take off a boot and throw it onto the floor, waking the old man sleeping downstairs who could then not get back to sleep until he had heard the second boot hit the floor)
鬼神不测鬼神不測	guǐ shén bù cè		(idiom) Even spirits could not have anticipated it. It describes something extraordinarily mysterious, ingenious, or beyond prediction.
举棋若定	jǔ qí ruò dìng		(idiom) To make a move as though its outcome had already been anticipated. It describes someone who acts calmly, confidently, and decisively.
事出意外	shì chū yì wài		(idiom) Describes something that happens beyond what people expected or anticipated.
使料所及	shǐ liào suǒ jí		(idiom) Something that had already been anticipated or expected from the outset.
出乎意表	chū hū yì biǎo		(idiom) Indicates that something is beyond what was expected or anticipated.
出于意表	chū yú yì biǎo		(idiom) To be beyond what people had expected or anticipated.
天有不测风云，人有暂时祸福	tiān yǒu bù cè fēng yún,rén yǒu zàn shí huò fú		(idiom) Some misfortunes are unforeseeable and cannot be anticipated.
始料不及	shǐ liào bù jí		(idiom) Something that was not anticipated or estimated at the outset. The expression emphasizes that an event exceeds the original expectations.	syn
始料所及	shǐ liào suǒ jí		(idiom) Something that was anticipated or expected from the outset.
意出望外	yì chū wàng wài		(idiom) To be entirely unexpected or contrary to what one had anticipated.

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