料

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material; stuff; grain; feed; to expect; to anticipate; to guess

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Ideographic compound (会意字)

A hand measuring 斗 a cup of rice 米

Components 米斗

material · Heisig RSH #969

米 rice + measuring cup

Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.

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Word	Pinyin	Meaning
分子料理	fēn zǐ liào lǐ	molecular gastronomy
料头儿	liào tóu r	erhua variant of 料頭\|料头[liao4 tou2]
出人意料	chū rén yì liào	unexpected (idiom); surprising
意料之中	yì liào zhī zhōng	to come as no surprise; as expected
无国界料理	wú guó jiè liào lǐ	fusion cuisine (Tw)
意料之外	yì liào zhī wài	(idiom) contrary to expectation; unexpected
料事如神	liào shì rú shén	to prophesy with supernatural accuracy (idiom); to have an incredible foresight
不出所料	bù chū suǒ liào	as expected
报料人	bào liào rén	informant; news source
油料作物	yóu liào zuò wù	oil crop (rape, peanut, soy, sesame etc); oil-bearing crop
资料中心	zī liào zhōng xīn	(Tw) data center
不料	bù liào	unexpectedly; to one's surprise
大料	dà liào	star anise
料子	liào zi	material
料中	liào zhòng	to suppose correctly
料头	liào tóu	remainder of cloth; scraps
有料	yǒu liào	impressive
一如所料	yī rú suǒ liào	as expected
面料	miàn liào	material for making clothes; CL:塊\|块[kuai4]
原物料	yuán wù liào	raw material