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回避

huí bì

HSK 6 2-character word Traditional 迴避

What 回避 means

1. to shun
2. to avoid (sb)
3. to skirt
4. to evade (an issue)
5. to step back
6. to withdraw
7. to recuse (a judge etc)

Other readings

回避 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• huí bìvariant of {回避|huí bì}

The characters in 回避

• 回huíto go back; to return; to turn back; to turn around; to reply; to answer…
• 避bìto avoid; to shun; to flee

Example sentences

• 你不能回避官方政策
  You can't avoid office politics.
• 洋子回避我提出的问题。
  Yáng zǐ huíbì wǒ tíchū de wèntí.
  Yoko avoided answering my question.