wàng​wài

beyond expectation

  • created sense approved 望外 · wàng​wài · beyond expectation — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    望外

    wàng​wài

    beyond expectation

    unexpectedly; more than one had hoped for or expected

    望 (literal) → 望 · wàng · to hope 外 (literal) → 外 · wài · outside

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense