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to one's surprise
but it turned out that
contrary to expectations

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Open the tool →却不料 (què bú liào) means “unexpectedly, to one's surprise, but it turned out that, contrary to expectations”.
却不料 is pronounced què bú liào in Mandarin Chinese.
“unexpectedly” is 却不料 (què bú liào) in Chinese.