不出所料

bùchū-suǒliào

idiom #25,056

Meanings

1 as expected
2 just as predicted
3 not beyond what was anticipated

Characters

to go beyond / to exceed

that which / what

to anticipate / to expect / to predict

Examples

不出所料，他们赢得了比赛。

Bùchūsuǒliào, tāmen yíngdé le bǐsài.

As expected, they won the match.

不出所料，天气预报说会下雨，果然下了。

Bùchūsuǒliào, tiānqì yùbào shuō huì xiàyǔ, guǒrán xià le.

Just as predicted, the weather forecast said it would rain, and it did.

Tips

usage

Often used at the start of a sentence to indicate the outcome matched the speaker's earlier prediction. Similar to 果不其然 (as one would expect).

Stroke Order

不 bù

出 chū

所 suǒ

料 liào