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避免

bì miǎn

Old HSK 5 HSK 3.0 level 5 2-character word

避免 (bì miǎn) means "to avert; to avoid". It is an HSK 3.0 level 5 word, and was HSK 5 in the old six-level list.

What 避免 means

1. to avert
2. to prevent
3. to avoid
4. to refrain from

The characters in 避免

• 避bìto avoid; to shun; to flee
• 免miǎnto excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office

Example sentences

• 避免太夸张。
  Try to avoid overdoing it.
• 事故无法避免。
  Accidents are inevitable.
• 那是可避免的。
  That's avoidable.
• 战争并非不可避免。
  Zhànzhēng bìngfēi bù kě bìmiǎn.
  War is not inevitable.
• 我㝉愿避免这种事。
  I'd rather avoid it.
• 他们尽一切手段避免战争。
  Tāmen jìn yīqiè shǒuduàn bìmiǎn zhànzhēng.
  They explored every avenue in an attempt to avoid war.

Words containing 避免

• 不可避免bù kě bì miǎn(idiom) inevitable; unavoidable
• 无可避免wú kě bì miǎnsee 不可避免

Where 避免 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of Necessity, Obligation & Avoidance (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 bì miǎn correctly.
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