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have a narrow escape (from)

xìng miǎn

幸 免

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v.have a narrow escape (from)
- zài cǐ cì chuán zhī chén mò shì jiàn zhōng tā xìng miǎn yú sǐ
  在此次船只沉没事件中他幸免于死。
  He survived the shipwreck.
- dàn yuàn xìng miǎn
  但愿幸免
  hope to survive
- bù dé xìng miǎn
  不得幸免
  not survive
- xìng miǎn yú zāi nàn
  幸免于灾难
  escape death by sheer luck
- tā shì yīn wèi shuǐ xìng hǎo cái xìng miǎn yú nàn de
  他是因为水性好才幸免于难的。
  He owed his survival to his strength as a swimmer.
- tā de róng yán wèi néng xìng miǎn yú shí jiān de cuī cán
  她的容颜未能幸免于时间的摧残。
  Her looks had not survived the ravages of time.
synonym
bì miǎn避免 lì bì力避

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