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HSK
have no choice or option but to / cannot but / have to / can't help it / can't avoid
HSK 3
to avert / to prevent / to avoid / to refrain from
HSK 4
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *避* | 避* | *避
to avoid / to shun / to flee / to escape / to keep away from / to leave / to hide from
HSK 4
hard to avoid / difficult to escape from / will inevitably
HSK 4
to shun / to avoid (sb) / to skirt / to evade (an issue) / to step back / to withdraw / to recuse (a judge etc)
HSK 5
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *躲* | 躲* | *躲
to hide / to dodge / to avoid
HSK 5
so as not to; so as to avoid
HSK 6
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *免* | 免* | *免
to excuse sb / to exempt / to remove or dismiss from office / to avoid / to avert / to escape / to be prohibited
HSK 7-9
to fear / afraid / extremely nervous / for fear that / to avoid / so as not to
HSK 7-9
unavoidable / can't be avoided
HSK 7-9
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *忌* | 忌* | *忌
to be jealous of / fear / dread / scruple / to avoid or abstain from / to quit / to give up sth
HSK 7-9
to hide / to evade / to dodge / to take shelter / to avoid (difficulties)
HSK 7-9
to avoid (an unpleasant fate)
HSK 7-9
to escape / to evade / to avoid / to shirk
HSK 7-9
in order to avoid / so as not to
HSK 7-9
taboo / to avoid as taboo / to abstain from
HSK 7-9
to prevent / to avoid / to excuse / to exempt / to relieve / (of a debt) to remit
HSK 7-9
abstain from certain food (as when ill) / avoid certain foods / be on a diet
HSK 7-9
to avoid (esp. responsibility); to shift (the blame); to pass the buck
HSK 7-9
sth one wishes to keep secret / ulterior motive / a subject best avoided
HSK 7-9
to immerse oneself in / engrossed in sth / to lower the head (e.g. to avoid rain) / countersunk (of screws, rivets etc)
to avoid as taboo / to avoid by all means
to avoid / to evade / to keep away from
to avoid / so as to save (money or time)
to flee from danger / to avoid danger / to minimize risk / (finance) hedge
to avoid / to yield (in traffic) / to get out of the way
to avoid taxation / tax avoidance
(so as) to avoid / to prevent / (just) in case
to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders)
to avoid a taboo word or topic / to refrain from; to avoid
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)
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
to avoid calamities
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *讳* | 讳* | *讳
to avoid mentioning / taboo word / name of deceased emperor or superior
to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom) / to play to one's strengths
lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom) / fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid
(idiom) to make the most of the benefits while avoiding adverse effects
charactercopyAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *祓* | 祓* | *祓
to cleanse / to remove evil / ritual for seeking good fortune and avoiding disaster
to avoid suffering / to avoid meeting (a fatal accident) / spared
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
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *禳* | 禳* | *禳
sacrifice for avoiding calamity
to avoid arousing suspicion
to flee to avoid an arranged marriage
to try everything to avoid; to guard against
to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial / to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones
cannot be avoided / cannot do without
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
to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)
to avoid a problem by walking away from it / to quit
avoiding doing something that one is clumsy at to save face
to avoid evil spirits
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *辟* | 辟* | *辟
(literary) king; monarch / (literary) (of a sovereign) to summon to official service / (literary) to avoid (variant of ) / (literary) to repel (variant of )
(idiom) to avoid mentioning
to stay out of (hot water, trouble, awkward situation etc) / to avoid (sb)
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
to detour / to bypass / to circumvent / to avoid / to wind around (of a road etc)
to avoid responsibility; to shift the responsibility onto others / (Tw) to relieve sb of their responsibilities (e.g. upon retirement)
to avoid as taboo
to hide / to conceal and avoid (contact) / to keep sth concealed
to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / fig. to keep out of trouble / to avoid getting involved
to reprieve / to avoid / to redeem
not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom) / not afraid of dying in combat / not afraid of being executed
a taboo / to avoid sth (as taboo)
to skimp on the job / to avoid work
to ward off calamities / to avoid disaster
lit. to avoid the wind / fig. to keep low to avoid a difficult situation / to stay out of trouble
euphemism / word used to avoid a taboo reference
grass mud horse / used as a substitute for 肏你媽|肏你妈, to mock or avoid censorship on the Internet
to avoid suffering / to prevent (sth bad) / to protect against (damage) / immunity (from prosecution) / freedom (from pain, damage etc) / exempt from punishment
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)
to practice tai chi / (fig.) to avoid responsibility / to pass the buck
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)
to refuse to say anything about (idiom) / to remain tight-lipped / to avoid mentioning
to avoid damage
to avoid calamities and evil spirits
to run away / to escape / to avoid
to dine and dash; (by extension) to avoid paying a bill
cannot avoid being killed / cannot escape death / to be mortal
lit. not aiming to achieve the best possible result, but rather trying to avoid making mistakes (idiom) / fig. to take a risk-averse approach
it is better to avoid unnecessary trouble (idiom) / the less complications the better
talk nicely and avoid disputes / give compliments and not remarks
(slang) pretext of needing to urinate (used to slip away to avoid having to do sth)
to avoid arousing suspicions
to get over (a shock, bereavement etc) / to avoid dwelling on unpleasant things / to accept the situation and move on
to wear a watch / homophone for 代表 used to avoid Internet censorship in the PRC
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
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
(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)
to keep to the edge (of path, river etc) / (fig.) to keep out of trouble; to avoid getting involved
to pray for luck and sacrifice to avoid disasters (i.e. traditional superstitions)
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
out of danger / to avoid danger
to avoid (difficulties) / to open up a siege
can't avoid / can't hide from / unavoidable
to avoid external disturbance in order to idle
to avoid employment
to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully / also written 違強陵弱|违强陵弱
to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully
to refuse to meet sb / to avoid sb
avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom)

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