Definition
超乎 means 'to exceed' or 'to go beyond' and is a formal, literary verb. It almost always appears before a two-syllable abstract noun in fixed expressions such as 超乎想象 ('beyond imagination'), 超乎预料 ('beyond expectation'), or 超乎寻常 ('out of the ordinary'). You cannot use it like a normal transitive verb — it's restricted to these collocations.
v.
to surpassto exceed (used in fixed collocations like 超乎想象, 超乎寻常)
Examples
- 超乎。Zhè cì bǐsài de jīngcǎi chéngdù chāo hū le suǒyǒu rén de xiǎngxiàng.The excitement level of this competition surpassed everyone's imagination.
- 超乎。Tā de chénggōng wánquán chāo hū le wǒ de yùliào.His success completely exceeded my expectations.
- 超乎。Zhè jiàn shì de jiéguǒ chāo hū xúncháng.The outcome of this matter was out of the ordinary.
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