孰料

shúliào
  1. who would have thought?
  2. who could have imagined?
  3. unexpectedly

CEDICT

unexpectedly; who would have thought; how was one to know

Wiktionary

怎麼料想得到、誰知道。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 孰 shú
  1. who
  2. which
  3. what
2 料 liào
  1. material
  2. stuff
  3. grain
  4. feed
  5. to expect
  6. to anticipate
  7. to guess

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誰知 shéizhī
  1. who would have thought
  2. unexpectedly
「你鼻子怎麼了？」「我剛才倒車的時候，想探頭出窗看清楚後面有沒有人。我以為車窗是開著的，誰知原來是關上了，於是就一頭撞到車窗上了。」

"What happened to your nose?" "When I was backing my car up I went to check behind me, convinced that the car window was open, and bashed my face into it!"

Source: Tatoeba

不意 bùyì
  1. unexpectedly
  2. unawareness
  3. unpreparedness
不料 bùliào
  1. unexpectedly
  2. to one's surprise
不期 bùqī
  1. unexpectedly
  2. to one's surprise
我不期待去上班

I don't look forward to going to work.

Source: Tatoeba

冷不防 lěngbufáng
  1. unexpectedly
  2. suddenly
  3. at unawares
  4. off guard
  5. against expectations
冷不防，老师让每个国家的学生用话筒给大家讲一下自己来哈尔滨的原因。

Without warning, the teachers ask students from each country to take the microphone and explain to everyone their reasons for coming to Harbin.

Source: Tatoeba

居然 jūrán
  1. unexpectedly
  2. to one's surprise
  3. go so far as to
我居然忘记了今天有课！

I completely forgot that there was class today!

Source: Tatoeba

抽冷子 chōulěngzi (coll.) unexpectedly
竟 jìng
  1. unexpectedly
  2. actually
  3. to go so far as to
  4. indeed
你的演說十分精彩，但竟沒人懂得欣賞。

Your wonderful lecture was pearls before swine.

Source: Tatoeba

竟然 jìngrán
  1. unexpectedly
  2. to one's surprise
  3. in spite of everything
  4. in that crazy way
  5. actually
  6. to go as far as to
他竟然叫你笨蛋。

He unexpectedly called you stupid.

Source: Tatoeba

不謂 bùwèi
  1. cannot be deemed
  2. unexpectedly
儻 tǎng
  1. if
  2. unexpectedly
哪知 nǎzhī
  1. who would have imagined?
  2. unexpectedly
猛不防 měngbùfáng
  1. suddenly
  2. unexpectedly
  3. taken by surprise
  4. at unawares
猛乍 měngzhà
  1. suddenly
  2. unexpectedly
陡然 dǒurán
  1. suddenly
  2. unexpectedly
  3. abruptly
  4. precipitously
  5. stumbling
道路从这里开始陡然上升。

The road starts to suddenly rise from here.

Source: Tatoeba

不圖 bùtú
  1. not to seek (sth)
  2. to have no expectation of (sth)
  3. (literary) unexpectedly
無意中 wúyìzhōng
  1. accidentally
  2. unintentionally
  3. unexpectedly
母親無意中握住了椅子。

Unconsciously my mom took hold of the chair.

Source: Tatoeba

端然 duānrán
  1. upright
  2. finally
  3. unexpectedly
還是 háishi
  1. still (as before)
  2. had better
  3. unexpectedly
  4. or
她还是独身

She's still single.

Source: Tatoeba

愣 lèng
  1. to look distracted
  2. to stare blankly
  3. distracted
  4. blank
  5. (coll.) unexpectedly
  6. rash
  7. rashly
陡 dǒu
  1. steep
  2. precipitous
  3. abrubtly
  4. suddenly
  5. unexpectedly
遂 suì
  1. to satisfy
  2. to succeed
  3. then
  4. thereupon
  5. finally
  6. unexpectedly
  7. to proceed
  8. to reach