不料

búliào

unexpectedly; to one's surprise

conjunction HSK 3.0 · Band 6

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天很好,不料下雨了。

The sky was fine, but unexpectedly it rained.

他刚出门,不料忘带钥匙。

He had just left when he found he forgot his keys.