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avoid / shun / flee / escape / leave / to keep away / to leave / to hide
避 [bì]
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【本义】: 躲开,回避
Meaning 1: To dodge; to avoid.
Meaning 2: To leave.
Meaning 3: To modestly decline (as in: to give way; to yield; to decline honor).
Meaning 4: To hide.
1. 躲,设法躲开:
- 逃避雨水 (dodge the rain).
- 避开暑天 (avoid the hot days).
- 逃避世俗 (avoid worldly affairs).
- 避讳 (avoid speaking of taboo subjects).
- 回避 (to retreat).
- 避重就轻 (avoid the heavy by choosing the light).
- 避世绝俗 (seclude oneself from the world).
2. 防止:
- 避免 (prevent).
- 避孕 (avoid pregnancy).
- 避嫌 (avoid suspicion).
- 避雷针 (lightning rod).
引文:
1. 《说文》:避,回也。 (To dodge, to retreat.)
2. 《苍颉篇》:避,去也。 (To dodge, to go away.)
3. 《国语·周语》:无乃实有所避。 (Is there really something to avoid?)
4. 晋· 陶渊明《桃花源记》:自云先世避秦时乱。 (It is said that ancestors fled from the chaos of the Qin era.)
5. 清· 周容《芋老人传》:有书生避雨檐下。 (A scholar sheltered from the rain under the eaves.)
例子:
- 避风雨 (dodge the storm).
- 避秦 (flee from the harsh governance of the Qin).
- 避言 (speak cautiously to avoid mistakes).
- 避宅 (to hide without staying at home).
3. 逊让:
- 避让 (to yield; to modestly decline).
- 避贤 (to yield to the worthy).
- 避荣 (to decline glory).
- 避路 (to give way).
4. 隐藏:
- 避迹 (to conceal oneself).
- 避风头 (to hide when the situation is unfavorable).