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避免

bì miǎn

HSK 5 2-character word

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