避之若浼 (bei6 zi1 joek6 mui5 | bi4 zhi1 ruo4 mei3) : to avoid sth. as if it were a plague; to stay at arms length from sth. defiling

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避之若浼

bei6 zi1 joek6 mui5

bi4 zhi1 ruo4 mei3

to avoid sth. as if it were a plague; to stay at arms length from sth. defiling

Level: 4
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

避之若浼

This word has been viewed 1237 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by Michael 忠仔 on 27th Jan 2010 03:16

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避 bei6 - avoid; prevent
之 zi1 - 's; of; it; this; go to; to
若 joek6 je5 - appear; seem; if; you
浼 - (not in database)

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