免 (min5 | mian3) : avoid; spare from; dismiss from

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min5

mian3

[1] avoid; avert; escape
[2] spare from; exempt from; dispense with
[3] dismiss from (post); remove from (office); relieve
[4] forbid; prohibit; not allowed

Stroke count: 7

Level: 3

Radical: 儿 (#10)

This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

免

Don't confuse with:
兔色

This word has been viewed 8447 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by sheik on 18th Mar 2007 21:22 and last edited on 8th Jul 2009 20:45

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免職 min5 zik1 mian3 zhi2 = to relieve sb of his post; to sack; to demote; dismissal; sacking

免費 min5 fai3 mian3 fei4 = free

免得 min5 dak1 mian3 de5 = so as to avoid sth.

不免 bat1 min5 bu4 mian3 = unavoidable

以免 ji5 min5 yi3 mian3 = in order not to

未免 mei6 min5 wei4 mian3 = rather too; unavoidably

豁免 kut3 min5 huo4 mian3 = exempt; waive

避免 bei6 min5 bi4 mian3 = to avert, prevent, avoid, refrain from

難免 naan4 min5 nan2 mian3 = [adj] difficult to avoid or escape from

可以避免 ho2 ji5 bei6 min5 ke3 yi3 bi4 mian3 = evitable, avoidable
See all 43 compounds (CantoDict reports 45 compounds in total, but some may be Common Formations)

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未免太過份
go a bit too far; be rather too presumptuous

做事出錯要改正﹐但要避免矯枉過正。
We must correct what has been done wrong, but also avoid making correction beyond what is really necessary.

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Decimal representation of this word: 免
Unicode code for this character: U+514d (off-site link)

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