免遭

miǎnzāo

verb #18,021

Meanings

1 to avoid suffering
2 to be spared from

Characters

to avoid; to exempt

to suffer; to encounter

Examples

HSK 5

这项措施帮助他们免遭经济损失。

Zhèxiàng cuòshī bāngzhù tāmen miǎnzāo jīngjì sǔnshī.

This measure helped them avoid economic losses.

HSK 7-9

及时撤离使居民免遭洪水侵袭。

Jíshí chèlí shǐ jūmín miǎnzāo hóngshuǐ qīnxí.

Timely evacuation spared the residents from the flood.

Tips

grammar

免遭 is typically followed by something negative (disaster, harm, loss). The pattern is: 免遭 + [bad thing]. Compare with 遭受 (to suffer/endure) which has the opposite meaning.

Stroke Order

免 miǎn

遭 zāo