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免于

miǎn yú

2-character word Traditional 免於

What 免于 means

1. to be saved from
2. to be spared (something)

The characters in 免于

• 免miǎnto excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office
• 于yúto go; to take; sentence-final interrogative particle

Example sentences

• 只有一人幸免于难。
  Only one person survived the accident.
• 并非所有的乘客都免于受伤。
  Bìngfēi suǒyǒu de chéngkè dōu miǎnyú shòushāng.
  Not all of the passengers escaped injury.
• 他们救了这个男孩，使他免于淹死。
  Tāmen jiù le zhège nánhái, shǐ tā miǎnyú yānsǐ.
  They rescued the boy from drowning.
• 若有人争斗，一人以石头或拳头打了邻人，虽未致死，却使其卧床不起：若其后能起身、扶杖行走于外，则打人者可免于刑责，但须赔偿对方因此耽误的工钱，并承担其医治的费用。
  If men quarrel, and the one strike his neighbour with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed: If he rise again and walk abroad upon his staff, he that struck him shall be quit, yet so that he make restitution for his work, and for his expenses upon the physicians.