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不免

bù miǎn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

不免 (bù miǎn) means "inevitably". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 不免 means

1. inevitably

The characters in 不免

• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 免miǎnto excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office

Example sentences

• 他是个忠厚老实的人，不免上当。
  Tā shì gè zhōnghòu lǎoshi de rén, bù miǎn shàngdàng.
  He is an honest person, and he will always be lied to.

Where 不免 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Necessity, Obligation & Avoidance (HSK 5), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 5 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bù miǎn correctly.
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