not anticipate ⇒ 不料下午下雨。 Bùliào xiàwǔ xiàyǔ. → I didn't anticipate it would rain in the afternoon. ⇒ 我们本想和她开个玩笑，不料她却当真了。 Wǒmen běn xiǎng hé tā kāi gè wánxiào, bùliào tā què dàngzhēn le. → We just wanted to have a laugh with her - we didn't expect her to take it so seriously.
佐料
seasoning
养料
nourishment
原料
( 指烹饪 ) ingredient
双料
double ⇒ 他是语言学和社会学双料博士。 Tā shì yǔyánxué hé shèhuìxué shuāngliào bóshì. → He's got two PhDs — one in linguistics and the other in sociology.
史料
historical data pl
塑料
plastic
备料
( 准备材料 ) get materials ready ⇒ 建这栋房子要备很多料。 Jiàn zhè dòng fángzi yào bèi hěnduō liào. → We have to get a lot of materials for building this house.
意料
expect
料想
expect
料理
manage
木料
timber
材料
( 原料 ) material ⇒ 建筑材料公司 jiànzhù cáiliào gōngsī → building materials company ⇒ 这件大衣是用什么材料做的？ Zhè jiàn dàyī shì yòng shénme cáiliào zuò de? → What material is this coat made of?
染料
dye
汤料
stock
涂料
paint
照料
take care of ( pt took ) , pp taken
燃料
fuel ⇒ 炭是一种固体燃料。 Tàn shì yī zhǒng gùtǐ ránliào. → Coal is a form of solid fuel.
笑料
laughing stock
肥料
fertilizer
语料
corpus
调料
seasoning
资料
( 必需品 ) means pl ⇒ 生产资料 shēngchǎn zīliào → means of production
面料
( 布料 ) material
预料
predict ⇒ 不出我的预料，他果然当上了经理。 Bù chū wǒ de yùliào, tā guǒrán dāngshàngle jīnglǐ. → As I predicted, he did become a manager.
颜料
colouring ( 英 ) coloring ( 美 )
饮料
drink
饲料
fodder
香料
spice
原材料
raw and processed materials pl
塑料袋
plastic bag
软饮料
soft drink
偷工减料
produce inferior goods with shoddy materials
能量饮料
energy drink
English translation of '料'
料
(liào)
动
expect
⇒ 我没料到你会来。 (Wǒ méi liàodào nǐ huì lái.) I never expected that you would be able to come.
⇒ 世事难料。 (Shì shì nán liào.) Human affairs are hard to predict.