料不到 liàobudào unexpected Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 料 liào verbadjective to expect to expect; to anticipate; to guess or foresee不到 bùdào particle [potential] Used after a verb to indicate that the action cannot be completed or the result cannot be reached; used in resultative verb compounds such as 看不到 kànbudào or 买不到 mǎibudào.