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逃避

táo bì

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

逃避 (táo bì) means "to escape; to evade; to avoid". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 逃避 means

1. to escape
2. to evade
3. to avoid
4. to shirk

The characters in 逃避

• 逃táoto escape; to run away; to flee
• 避bìto avoid; to shun; to flee

Example sentences

• 逃避现实。
  Escape from reality.
• 她擅于逃避规则。
  She's good at getting around rules.
• 没人能逃避死亡。
  Nobody can avoid death.
• 人无法逃避过去。
  A man can't escape his past.
• 不要逃避我的问题。
  Bù yào táobì wǒ de wèntí.
  Don't avoid my question.
• 你只会逃避生活问题。
  Nǐ zhǐ huì táobì shēnghuó wèntí.
  You're just running away from life's problems.

Words starting with 逃避

• 逃避责任táo bì zé rènto evade responsibility; to shirk

Where 逃避 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Escape, Retirement & Evasion (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 táo bì correctly.
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