Word information
Simplified谁料
Traditional誰料
Pinyinshéi liào
Part of speechDictionary
HSK 3.0Not listed
HSK 2.0Not listed
Chinese word dictionary
谁料
shéi liào · who would have thought that; who would have expected that
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塑料sùliàoplastic; plastics (general term for synthetic polymer materials)
资料zīliàomaterial; resources; data; information; profile (Internet); CL:份[fen4],個|个[ge4]
不料búliàounexpectedly; to one's surprise