luckily avoid; narrowly escape
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesverb
to luckily avoid (danger); to have a narrow escape
formalUsed for escaping disaster or harm by chance or luck, often implying great danger was involved.
Zài在
nà那
cì次
kōng空
nàn难
zhōng中
，
tā他
xìng幸
miǎn免
yú于
nàn难
。
He luckily survived that plane crash.
Xìng幸
yùn运
de的
shì是
，
zhè这
chǎng场
dà大
huǒ火
zhōng中
，
dà大
bù部
fèn分
zhēn珍
guì贵
de的
wén文
wù物
dōu都
xìng幸
miǎn免
le了
。
Fortunately, most of the precious cultural relics were spared from this fire.
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Dì地
zhèn震
cuī摧
huǐ毁
le了
zhěng整
gè个
zhèn镇
zi子
，
zhǐ只
yǒu有
jǐ几
zuò座
jiàn建
zhù筑
xìng幸
miǎn免
。
The earthquake destroyed the entire town, with only a few buildings narrowly escaping damage.
Tā他
shì是
nà那
chǎng场
shì事
gù故
zhōng中
wéi唯
yī一
de的
xìng幸
cún存
zhě者
，
zhēn真
shì是
xìng幸
miǎn免
yú于
nàn难
。
He was the sole survivor of that accident, truly having a narrow escape.