| | have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid | HSK 3 |
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| | so as not to; so as to avoid | HSK 6 |
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| | to hide / to dodge / to avoid | HSK 5 |
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| | to avert / to prevent / to avoid / to refrain from | HSK 4 |
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| | hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably | HSK 4 |
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| | lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (proverb) / fig. something unpleasant or embarrassing cannot be avoided forever; sooner or later one must face it | |
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| | (formal) to avoid (certain foods) | |
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| | to prevent / to avoid / to excuse / to exempt / to relieve / (of a debt) to remit | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to avoid / to shun / to flee / to escape / to keep away from / to leave / to hide from | HSK 4 |
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| | to avoid stating openly (esp. sensitive or unpleasant matters, usu. in the negative, as in 不諱言|不讳言 "to state frankly") | |
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| | unavoidable / can't be avoided | HSK 7-9 |
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| | in order to avoid / so as not to | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc) | HSK 5 |
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| | lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom) / fig. to take a risk-averse approach | |
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| | to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck | HSK 7-9 |
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| | cannot avoid being killed / cannot escape death / to be mortal | |
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| | to be jealous of / fear / dread / scruple / to avoid or abstain from / to quit / to give up sth | HSK 7-9 |
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| | sth one wishes to keep secret / ulterior motive / a subject best avoided | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case | |
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| | to deliberately withhold essential knowledge or skills as strategic insurance (typically to maintain leverage, avoid being replaced, or preserve authority in hierarchical relationships) | |
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| | to avoid (an unpleasant fate) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to fear / afraid / extremely nervous / for fear that / to avoid / so as not to | HSK 7-9 |
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| | it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom) / the less complications the better | |
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| | to excuse sb / to exempt / to remove or dismiss from office / to avoid / to avert / to escape / to be prohibited | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to avoid suffering / to avoid meeting (a fatal accident) / spared | |
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| | to escape / to evade / to avoid / to shirk | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to avoid / so as to save (money or time) | |
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| | to hide / to evade / to dodge / to take shelter / to avoid (difficulties) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) | |
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| | abstain from certain food (as when ill) / avoid certain foods / be on a diet | HSK 7-9 |
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| | (coll.) to show respect; to give face (esp. in public to avoid embarrassment); (often sarcastic) to treat with basic courtesy (implying the recipient is undeserving) | |
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| | to avoid damage | |
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| | lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies | |
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| | lit. not eating for fear of choking (idiom); fig. to cut off one's nose to spite one's face / to avoid sth essential because of a slight risk | |
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| | (idiom) to make the most of the benefits while avoiding adverse effects | |
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| | (sports) to avoid relegation to a lower division | |
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| | to try everything to avoid; to guard against | |
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| | to avoid arousing suspicion | |
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| | not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom) / not afraid of dying in combat / not afraid of being executed | |
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| | to get over (a shock, bereavement etc) / to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things / to accept the situation and move on | |
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| | to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom) / to play to one's strengths | |
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| | to avoid taxation / tax avoidance | |
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| | to wear a watch / homophone for 代表 used to avoid Internet censorship in the PRC | |
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| | hiding a sickness for fear of treatment (idiom); fig. concealing a fault to avoid criticism / to keep one's shortcomings secret / to refuse to listen to advice | |
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| | taboo / to avoid as taboo / to abstain from | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to ward off calamities / to avoid disaster | |
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| | (idiom) to avoid mentioning | |
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| | to refuse to say anything about (idiom) / to remain tight-lipped / to avoid mentioning | |
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| | to avoid a problem by walking away from it / to quit | |
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| | to avoid employment | |
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| | (finance) stop-loss point (price at which one resolves to sell a security at a loss in order to avoid the possibility of having to sell later at an even lower price) | |
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| | euphemism / word used to avoid a taboo reference | |
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| | to avoid calamities | |
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| | to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment | |
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| | to immerse oneself in / engrossed in sth / to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain) / countersunk (of screws, rivets etc) | |
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| | to avoid responsibility; to shift the responsibility onto others / (Tw) to relieve sb of their responsibilities (e.g. upon retirement) | |
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| | see 肏你媽|肏你妈 (near homophone of 肏你媽|肏你妈 used to avoid Internet censorship) | |
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| | lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid | |
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| | to transfer (from production to other duties) / to take leave (for study or other job) / to dispose of property / to transfer assets (to avoid liability) | |
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| | cannot be avoided / cannot do without | |
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| | to practice tai chi / (fig.) to avoid responsibility / to pass the buck | |
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| | to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom) | |
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| | to avoid external disturbance in order to idle | |
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| | to skimp on the job / to avoid work | |
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| | talk nicely and avoid disputes / give compliments and not remarks | |
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| | to avoid calamities and evil spirits | |
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| | to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / (fig.) to keep out of trouble; to avoid getting involved | |
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| | to avoid evil spirits | |
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| | (idiom) to shut oneself indoors; to avoid social contact; to cut oneself off from the outside world | |
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| | to avoid (difficulties) / to open up a siege | |
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| | to avoid (doing sth) | |
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| | to flee to avoid an arranged marriage | |
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| | to avoid arousing suspicions | |
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| | to hide / to conceal and avoid (contact) / to keep sth concealed | |
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| | lit. to sound out the difficulties and retreat to avoid defeat (idiom) / fig. to back out of an awkward situation; to get out on finding out what it's really like | |
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| | clean-living and honest (idiom); to avoid immorality / to shun evil influence / to mind one's own business and keep out of trouble / to keep one's hands clean | |
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| | to refuse to meet sb / to avoid sb | |
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| | to avoid as taboo / to avoid by all means | |
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| | to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones | |
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| | sacrifice for avoiding calamity | |
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| | to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved | |
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| | to avoid / to evade / to keep away from | |
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| | to avoid evil | |
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| | lit. whether one carries it on one's back or in one's arms, it's equally heavy (idiom) / fig. one can't avoid the burden | |
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| | a person who regularly walks by the river cannot avoid getting their shoes wet (proverb) / (fig.) it comes with the territory (e.g. a person with the power to grant favors will inevitably succumb to temptation and take a bribe) | |
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| | can't avoid / can't hide from / unavoidable | |
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| | lit. to avoid the wind / fig. to keep low to avoid a difficult situation / to stay out of trouble | |
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| | to reprieve / to avoid / to redeem | |
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| | to dine and dash; (by extension) to avoid paying a bill | |
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| | (bound form) to avoid being struck by lightning / (slang) to steer clear of sth bad (e.g. shoddy goods, a scam, or a bad experience) | |
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| | lit. easy to dodge the spear in the open, hard to avoid a stab in the dark (idiom); it is hard to guard against secret conspiracies | |
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| | to avoid / to yield (in traffic) / to get out of the way | |
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| | to flee from danger / to avoid danger / to minimize risk / (finance) hedge | |
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| | to avoid going home for the Chinese New Year (for any of various reasons: because one finds the festivities onerous in some way, or because it would be seen as inauspicious for one to attend, or, in former times, to avoid creditors, since it was the custom to have debts settled before New Year's Day, and once into the New Year, debtors got a reprieve) | |
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| | to run away / to escape / to avoid | |
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| | avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom) | |
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| | (of a robot, autonomous vehicle etc) to avoid obstacles | |
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| | (slang) pretext of needing to urinate (used to slip away to avoid having to do sth) | |
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| | avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face | |
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| | to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc) | |
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