避免 bìmiǎn — to avoid, to avert (something undesirable)

Meanings

1. 1

   to avoid, to avert (something undesirable)

   To stop a bad thing from happening. Its object is an event, not a person or a place — you 避免 a mistake, but you 躲 someone you do not want to meet.

   verb

Example sentences

• 早点儿出发可以避免堵车。/早點兒出發可以避免堵車。Zǎo (third tone, dipping) diǎnr (third tone, dipping) chūfā (first tone, high and level) kěyǐ (third tone, dipping) bìmiǎn (fourth tone, falling) dǔchē. (third tone, dipping)···

  Leaving a little earlier avoids the traffic.

• 这样的错误应该避免。/這樣的錯誤應該避免。Zhèyàng (fourth tone, falling) de (neutral tone) cuòwù (fourth tone, falling) yīnggāi (first tone, high and level) bìmiǎn. (fourth tone, falling)···

  Mistakes like this should be avoided.