What does it mean in Chinese?

What does 意外 mean?

意外 yìwài

accident; mishap

It can also mean

  • unexpected; accidental

Its characters

  1. 意 yì idea
  2. 外 wài outside

In a sentence

听到这个消息,大家都很意外。 Everyone was surprised to hear the news.

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