免得
miǎnde
lest; so as to avoid
Characters in this word
得 dé
- Strokes
- 11
- Radical
- 彳 — to step with the left foot
- How it's built
- Ideograph — the meaning is built from its parts
Example phrases
- 请把关键结论写在报告首页，免得董事会成员忽略重点。 Qǐng bǎ guānjiàn jiélùn xiě zài bàogào shǒuyè, miǎnde dǒngshìhuì chéngyuán hūlüè zhòngdiǎn. Please put the key conclusions on the first page of the report, so that board members do not miss the main points.
- 带上伞吧，免得一会儿下雨淋湿了。 Dài shàng sǎn ba, miǎnde yíhuìr xià yǔ lín shī le. Take an umbrella so you will not get soaked if it rains.
- 早点出门，免得赶不上最后一班地铁。 Zǎodiǎn chūmén, miǎnde gǎn bú shàng zuìhòu yì bān dìtiě. Leave early so you do not miss the last subway.
Related words
- 避免 bìmiǎn to avoid
- 免费 miǎnfèi free of charge
- 难免 nánmiǎn hard to avoid
- 不免 bùmiǎn unavoidably
- 免 miǎn to exempt, to avoid
- 免税 miǎnshuì tax-free, duty-free
- 免疫 miǎnyì to be immune
- 以免 yǐmiǎn so as not to, lest
- 罢免 bàmiǎn to remove from office; to dismiss
- 减免 jiǎnmiǎn to reduce or exempt
- 免不了 miǎnbuliǎo unavoidably; cannot avoid
- 免除 miǎnchú to exempt; to remove; to relieve from