不料 (bùliào) means Unexpectedly. Below are 2 sentences on this site that use it — with pinyin, an English translation and audio. All of them were written by hand; none is machine generated.
Dictionary examples
我以为他会生气， 不料 他笑了。
Wǒ yǐwéi tā huì shēngqì, búliào tā xiào le.
I thought he would be angry, but to my surprise he laughed.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不料
本想第二天出发， 不料 下起了大雪。
Běn xiǎng dì èr tiān chūfā, búliào xià qǐ le dàxuě.
We meant to set off the next day, but unexpectedly heavy snow began to fall.
Dictionary example · HSK 6 · 不料
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How is 不料 used in a sentence?
This page shows 2 sentences using 不料 (bùliào, "Unexpectedly"), each with pinyin, an English translation and audio. Every one of them was written by hand for this site.
Are these sentences machine generated?
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Is 不料 an HSK word?
Yes — 不料 is on the official HSK 6 vocabulary list, and you can study it with the rest of that list on the HSK 6 page.
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