to have expected; to imagine
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to have expected; to imagine; to think of (something happening)
Commonly used in rhetorical questions to express surprise at an outcome that has actually occurred. The negative form 想不到 is more frequently used than the affirmative.
Shéi谁
xiǎng想
de得
dào到
dāng当
nián年
de的
huāng荒
tān滩
dì地
，
rú如
jīn今
biàn变
chéng成
le了
mǐ米
liáng粮
chuān川
。
Who would have thought that the barren wasteland back then would become a fertile land of rice and grain today?
Nǐ你
néng能
xiǎng想
de得
dào到
ma吗
？
Dāng当
nián年
de的
xiǎo小
yú渔
cūn村
xiàn现
zài在
biàn变
chéng成
le了
guó国
jì际
dà大
dū都
shì市
。
Can you imagine? The small fishing village from those years has now become an international metropolis.
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Shéi谁
néng能
xiǎng想
de得
dào到
shì事
qing情
huì会
biàn变
chéng成
zhè这
yàng样
？
Who could have expected things to turn out this way?