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回避

huíbì

to avoid

A person turning from a reaching hand
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Characters in this word

回 huí

Strokes
6
Radical
囗 — enclosure
Made of
囗 enclosure 口 mouth
How it's built
Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts

避 bì

Strokes
16
Radical
辶 — to walk
Made of
辶 to walk 辟 law, rule
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

Example phrases

  • 别回避问题。 Bié huíbì wèntí. Do not avoid the question.
  • 他总回避我。 Tā zǒng huíbì wǒ. He always avoids me.
  • 我们不回避。 Wǒmen bù huíbì. We do not avoid it.

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