exceed expectations
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to exceed one's original expectations; to surpass one's hopes
literaryPrimarily used in formal or literary contexts. Most commonly encountered in the idiom 大喜过望 (dà xǐ guò wàng), meaning 'overjoyed' or 'pleasantly surprised'.
Tīng听
dào到
zì自
jǐ己
huò获
jiǎng奖
de的
xiāo消
xi息
，
tā他
dà大
xǐ喜
guò过
wàng望
。
Hearing the news that he had won the award, he was overjoyed.
Cǐ此
cì次
tóu投
zī资
de的
huí回
bào报
yuǎn远
chāo超
guò过
wàng望
。
The return on this investment far exceeded expectations.
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Shí实
jì际
shōu收
yì益
guò过
wàng望
，
tóu投
zī资
zhě者
xìn信
xīn心
dà大
zēng增
。
With actual profits exceeding expectations, investor confidence increased greatly.