| | 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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| | hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably | HSK 4 |
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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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| | 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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| | 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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| | (sports) to avoid relegation to a lower division | |
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| | euphemism / word used to avoid a taboo reference | |
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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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| | 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 pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions) | |
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| | to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders) | |
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| | to avoid a taboo word or topic / to refrain from; to avoid | |
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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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| | 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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| | 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 foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom) / to play to one's strengths | |
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| | taboo / to avoid as taboo / to abstain from | HSK 7-9 |
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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 be jealous of / fear / dread / scruple / to avoid or abstain from / to quit / to give up sth | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to avoid (an unpleasant fate) | 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 fear / afraid / extremely nervous / for fear that / to avoid / so as not to | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to avoid / to yield (in traffic) / to get out of the way | |
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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 / to evade / to keep away from | |
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| | to avoid suffering / to avoid meeting (a fatal accident) / spared | |
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| | to wear a watch / homophone for 代表 used to avoid Internet censorship in the PRC | |
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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 refuse to say anything about (idiom) / to remain tight-lipped / to avoid mentioning | |
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| | to hide / to evade / to dodge / to take shelter / to avoid (difficulties) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to avoid damage | |
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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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| | abstain from certain food (as when ill) / avoid certain foods / be on a diet | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to flee from danger / to avoid danger / to minimize risk / (finance) hedge | |
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| | to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully / also written 違強陵弱|违强陵弱 | |
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| | to avoid calamities and evil spirits | |
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| | to try everything to avoid; to guard against | |
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| | to avoid arousing suspicion | |
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| | to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom) | |
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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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| | (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 practice tai chi / (fig.) to avoid responsibility / to pass the buck | |
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| | to avoid calamities | |
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| | (idiom) to make the most of the benefits while avoiding adverse effects | |
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| | to avoid a problem by walking away from it / to quit | |
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| | to dine and dash; (by extension) to avoid paying a bill | |
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| | sth one wishes to keep secret / ulterior motive / a subject best avoided | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | to avoid taxation / tax avoidance | |
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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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| | 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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| | (idiom) to avoid mentioning | |
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| | to ward off calamities / to avoid disaster | |
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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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| | lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid | |
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| | cannot be avoided / cannot do without | |
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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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| | 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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| | lit. the ugly daughter-in-law must sooner or later meet her parents-in-law (idiom) / fig. it's not something you can avoid forever | |
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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 external disturbance in order to idle | |
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| | to avoid evil spirits | |
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| | to avoid (difficulties) / to open up a siege | |
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| | to avoid employment | |
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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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| | to avoid (doing sth) | |
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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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| | to flee to avoid an arranged marriage | |
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| | to avoid arousing suspicions | |
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| | to avoid as taboo / to avoid by all means | |
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| | sacrifice for avoiding calamity | |
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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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| | 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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| | 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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| | can't avoid / can't hide from / unavoidable | |
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| | to hide / to conceal and avoid (contact) / to keep sth concealed | |
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| | to reprieve / to avoid / to redeem | |
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| | to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) | |
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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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| | 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 keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / (fig.) to keep out of trouble; to avoid getting involved | |
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| | to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc) | |
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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 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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| | (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 avoid mentioning / taboo word / name of deceased emperor or superior | |
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| | to refuse to meet sb / to avoid sb | |
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