"匪夷所思" meaning in Chinese

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        "1": "六 四：渙 其 群，元 吉。渙 有 丘，匪.夷.所.思。",
        "2": "The fourth SIX, divided, shows its subject scattering the (different) parties (in the state); which leads to great good fortune. From the dispersion (he collects again good men standing out, a crowd) like a mound, which is what ordinary men would not have thought of.",
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      "zh-pron": "/*pɯlʔ lil sqʰraʔ snɯ/"
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        "2": "The fourth SIX, divided, shows its subject scattering the (different) parties (in the state); which leads to great good fortune. From the dispersion (he collects again good men standing out, a crowd) like a mound, which is what ordinary men would not have thought of.",
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