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躲避

duǒbì

to avoid, to hide

A person shelters from heavy rain under a shop awning
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Characters in this word

躲 duǒ

Strokes
13
Radical
身 — body, torso
Made of
身 body, torso 朵 cluster of flowers
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

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

  • 行人纷纷跑进商店躲避突如其来的暴雨。 Xíngrén fēnfēn pǎo jìn shāngdiàn duǒbì tūrúqílái de bàoyǔ. Pedestrians rushed into shops one after another to take shelter from the sudden downpour.
  • 下雨了,我们快躲避一下吧,到那棵大树下面去。 Xià yǔ le, wǒmen kuài duǒbì yíxià ba, dào nà kē dà shù xiàmiàn qù. It's raining; let's take shelter quickly, under that big tree.
  • 小猫看到陌生人,马上躲避到了沙发后面。 Xiǎomāo kàndào mòshēngrén, mǎshàng duǒbì dào le shāfā hòumiàn. The kitten saw a stranger and immediately hid behind the sofa.

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