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Open the tool →出自意外 (chū zì yì wài) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “unexpectedly”.
出自意外 is pronounced chū zì yì wài in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 出自意外 means “originating from an unexpected event”. It is used to mean “unexpectedly”.
出于意料之外。