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
避难
bìnàn
to seek refuge; to take shelter
Characters in this word
难 nán
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 又 — and, also, again, in addition
- Made of
- 又 and, also, again, in addition 隹 short-tailed bird
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 战乱爆发后，数千居民被迫越过边境避难。 Zhànluàn bàofā hòu, shùqiān jūmín bèi pò yuèguò biānjìng bìnàn. After war broke out, thousands of residents were forced to cross the border to seek refuge.
- 地震发生时，学生们有序地跑到操场上避难。 Dìzhèn fāshēng shí, xuéshengmen yǒuxù de pǎo dào cāochǎng shàng bìnàn. When the earthquake struck, the students ran in an orderly way to the playground to take shelter.
- 洪水来临前，村民们带着老人和孩子到高处避难。 Hóngshuǐ láilín qián, cūnmínmen dàizhe lǎorén hé háizi dào gāochù bìnàn. Before the flood arrived, villagers took the elderly and children to higher ground for shelter.