| | have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid | HSK 3 |
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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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| | hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably | HSK 4 |
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| | to avert / to prevent / to avoid / to refrain from | HSK 4 |
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| | to hide / to dodge / to avoid | HSK 5 |
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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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| | so as not to; so as to avoid | HSK 6 |
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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 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 hide / to evade / to dodge / to take shelter / to avoid (difficulties) | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | abstain from certain food (as when ill) / avoid certain foods / be on a diet | HSK 7-9 |
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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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| | taboo / to avoid as taboo / to abstain from | HSK 7-9 |
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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 avoid (an unpleasant fate) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck | 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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| | to escape / to evade / to avoid / to shirk | HSK 7-9 |
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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 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 try everything to avoid; to guard against | |
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| | to avoid / to evade / to keep away from | |
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| | to flee from danger / to avoid danger / to minimize risk / (finance) hedge | |
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| | to avoid / to yield (in traffic) / to get out of the way | |
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| | to avoid taxation / tax avoidance | |
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| | (so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case | |
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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 avoid mentioning / taboo word / name of deceased emperor or superior | |
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| | to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom) / to play to one's strengths | |
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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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| | lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid | |
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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 seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom) | |
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| | to avoid suffering / to avoid meeting (a fatal accident) / spared | |
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| | to avoid as taboo / to avoid by all means | |
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| | to avoid / so as to save (money or time) | |
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| | to flee to avoid an arranged marriage | |
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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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| | out of danger / to avoid danger | |
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| | to avoid calamities | |
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| | to cleanse / to remove evil / ritual for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster | |
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| | sacrifice for avoiding calamity | |
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| | to avoid arousing suspicion | |
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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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| | 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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| | to avoid a problem by walking away from it / to quit | |
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| | grass mud horse / used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈, to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet | |
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| | to avoid evil spirits | |
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| | avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face | |
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| | to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb) | |
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| | cannot be avoided / cannot do without | |
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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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| | to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc) | |
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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 responsibility; to shift the responsibility onto others / (Tw) to relieve sb of their responsibilities (e.g. upon retirement) | |
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| | to hide / to conceal and avoid (contact) / to keep sth concealed | |
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| | to avoid as taboo | |
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| | to reprieve / to avoid / to redeem | |
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| | (literary) king; monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of 避) / (literary) to repel (variant of 避) | |
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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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| | a taboo / to avoid sth (as taboo) | |
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| | to skimp on the job / to avoid work | |
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| | to ward off calamities / to avoid disaster | |
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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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| | it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom) / the less complications the better | |
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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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| | (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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| | (idiom) to make the most of the benefits while avoiding adverse effects | |
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| | to practice tai chi / (fig.) to avoid responsibility / to pass the buck | |
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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 evil | |
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| | to refuse to say anything about (idiom) / to remain tight-lipped / to avoid mentioning | |
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| | to avoid calamities and evil spirits | |
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| | to dine and dash; (by extension) to avoid paying a bill | |
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| | cannot avoid being killed / cannot escape death / to be mortal | |
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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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| | (sports) to avoid relegation to a lower division | |
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| | to avoid damage | |
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| | talk nicely and avoid disputes / give compliments and not remarks | |
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| | (slang) pretext of needing to urinate (used to slip away to avoid having to do sth) | |
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| | to avoid arousing suspicions | |
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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 wear a watch / homophone for 代表 used to avoid Internet censorship in the PRC | |
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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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| | (idiom) to shut oneself indoors; to avoid social contact; to cut oneself off from the outside world | |
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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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| | 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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| | 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 pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions) | |
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| | (idiom) to avoid mentioning | |
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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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| | 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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| | to avoid (difficulties) / to open up a siege | |
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| | euphemism / word used to avoid a taboo reference | |
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| | to run away / to escape / to avoid | |
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| | can't avoid / can't hide from / unavoidable | |
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| | to avoid external disturbance in order to idle | |
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| | to avoid employment | |
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