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Definition
- Adverb:
- Not expect, not anticipate: Used to express that something happened contrary to what was expected or predicted. It indicates an unexpected or surprising outcome.
Usage Examples
- Adverb:
- Tưởng trượt mười mươi, hay đâu lại đỗ. (He thought he would surely fail and did not expect to pass.)
- Tôi tưởng anh ấy đã về nước, hay đâu vẫn còn ở đây. (I thought he had returned to his home country, but unexpectedly, he is still here.)
- Ai ngờ trời mưa to thế, hay đâu nắng đẹp như vậy. (Who would have thought it would rain so heavily? Contrary to expectation, it's beautifully sunny.)
Advanced Usage
"hay đâu có ngờ": A more emphatic form meaning "who would have ever expected".
- Cứ nghĩ cuộc họp sẽ chán, hay đâu có ngờ lại rất thú vị. (I kept thinking the meeting would be boring; little did I expect it to be so interesting.)
"hay đâu được": Can be used to express that an unexpected positive outcome was not anticipated.
- Chỉ thử sức thôi, hay đâu được giải nhất. (I just tried my best, never expecting to win first prize.)
Variants and Related Words
Ai ngờ: Who would have thought (a near synonym often used interchangeably).
- Ai ngờ cô ấy là diễn viên nổi tiếng. (Who would have thought she was a famous actress?)
Không ngờ: Did not expect (a more direct phrase for "unexpectedly").
- Tôi không ngờ gặp lại bạn ở đây. (I did not expect to meet you here.)
Synonyms
- Bất ngờ: Unexpectedly, surprisingly.
- Ngoài dự đoán: Beyond prediction/expectation.
Related Phrases
- Trái với dự tính: Contrary to plan/expectation.
- Mọi việc diễn ra trái với dự tính. (Everything happened contrary to expectation.)
Related Idioms
- "Đời không như là mơ": Life is not like a dream (i.e., things often turn out differently than expected). This idiom shares the thematic idea of unexpected outcomes.
- Muốn thành công phải cố gắng, đời không như là mơ đâu. (To succeed, you must try hard; life doesn't go as you dream.)
- Do not expect
- Tưởng trượt mười mươi, hay đâu lại đỗhe though he