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免得

miǎn de

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

免得 (miǎn de) means "so as not to; so as to avoid". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 免得 means

1. so as not to; so as to avoid

The characters in 免得

• 免miǎnto excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office
• 得destructural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to…

Example sentences

• 我们是不是该退一步，免得倒下？
  Maybe we should take a step back before we fall?
• 你必须尽一切可能尽力而为, 免得你以后后悔。
  Nǐ bìxū jìn yīqiè kěnéng jìnlì'érwéi, miǎnde nǐ yǐhòu hòuhuǐ.
  You must do all you can lest you should regret later.
• 时间不等人。你应该趁早和你男朋友结婚，生个孩子，免得到时候追悔莫及。
  Time is running out. You need to marry your boyfriend and have a baby before it's too late.

Where 免得 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · miǎn–mín (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

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