不料 búliào Unexpectedly

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Stroke order

不料 is written in 14 strokes across 2 characters.

不料 — the Chinese character for Unexpectedly (búliào), stroke diagram — Stroke diagram for 不料 — Unexpectedly

不 — 4 strokes
料 — 10 strokes

Senses

unexpectedly
to one's surprise

Characters in 不料

不 bù — no; not so; (bound form) not; un-
料 liào — material; stuff; grain

Character meanings from CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Related words

不料 is pronounced búliào and means “Unexpectedly”.

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