幸免

xìngmiǎn

verb HSK 7 #11,436

Meanings

1 to be spared (from disaster)
2 to escape by luck

Characters

fortunate; lucky

to avoid; to be exempt

Examples

这次洪水中，他们的房子幸免于难。

Zhè cì hóngshuǐ zhōng, tāmen de fángzi xìngmiǎn yú nàn.

During this flood, their house was spared from disaster.

无人能幸免。

Wú rén néng xìngmiǎn.

No one can be spared.

Tips

usage

幸免 is almost always used with 于难 (from disaster) in the pattern 幸免于难. It implies narrowly escaping harm through good fortune.

Stroke Order

幸 xìng

免 miǎn