mǎn​yǐ​wéi

to have fully expected

  • created sense approved 满以为/滿以為 · mǎn​yǐ​wéi · to have fully expected — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    满以为 / 滿以為

    mǎn​yǐ​wéi

    to have fully expected

    To be quite sure or confident that something is the case, often used when what happened was actually the opposite of what was expected; to have expected something to happen (but it didn't).

    满 (literal) → 满/滿 · mǎn · quite 以为 (literal) → 以为/以為 · yǐ​wéi · to think

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