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在所难免

zài suǒ nán miǎn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 4-character word Traditional 在所難免

在所难免 (zài suǒ nán miǎn) means "to be unavoidable (idiom)". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 在所难免 means

1. to be unavoidable (idiom)

The characters in 在所难免

• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 所suǒactually; place; classifier for houses, small buildings, institutions etc
• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty
• 免miǎnto excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office

Example sentences

• 生活中的烦恼在所难免。
  Shēnghuó zhōng de fánnǎo zàisuǒnánmiǎn.
  The troubles of life are inevitable.
• 外交部长称战争在所难免。
  The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.

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