"Expectation" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 期待 | qī dài | to look forward to / to await / expectation |   |
| 期望 | qī wàng | to have expectations / to earnestly hope / expectation / hope | |
| 预料 | yù liào | to forecast / to anticipate / expectation | |
| 料及 | liào jí | to anticipate / forecast / expectation / anticipation | |
| 出乎意料 | chū hū yì liào | beyond expectation (idiom) / unexpected | |
| 意料之外 | yì liào zhī wài | (idiom) contrary to expectation / unexpected | |
| 所料 | suǒ liào | one's expectation / what one anticipates | |
| 垫付 | diàn fù | to pay sb else's expense with the expectation of being reimbursed by that person later | |
| 偏巧 | piān qiǎo | by coincidence / it so happened that / fortunately / against expectation | |
| 出乎预料 | chū hū yù liào | beyond expectation (idiom) / unexpected | |
| 寄予很大期望 | jì yú hěn dà qí wàng | to place great hope or expectation on (sth) | |
| 出乎意外 | chū hū yì wài | beyond expectation (idiom) / unexpected | |
| 意中 | yì zhōng | according with one's wish or expectation | |
| 满坐寂然 | mǎn zuò jì rán | the whole audience silent with expectation | |
| 言者无罪，闻者足戒 | yán zhě wú zuì , wén zhě zú jiè | don't blame the speaker, take note of his warning (idiom) / an exhortation to speak one's mind without fear of reprisals, and with the expectation of being taken seriously | |
| 合法预期 | hé fǎ yù qī | legitimate expectation | |
| 出生时估计寿命 | expectation of life at birth | | |
| 估计工作寿命 | expectation of working life | | |
| 客户对安保支助的期望 | client security support expectation | | |
| 引颈 | yǐn jǐng | to crane one's neck / (fig.) with one's neck outstretched in expectation | |
| 不图 | bù tú | not to seek (sth) / to have no expectation of (sth) / (literary) unexpectedly | |
| 想得美 | xiǎng de měi | to have an unrealistically optimistic expectation / (as an interjection) what a dreamer! | |
