解免

jiěmiǎn
verb

Meanings

  1. 1 to avert (a difficulty)
  2. 2 to escape (from trouble)
  3. 3 to relieve, lift (a siege or duty)

Examples

Tā xiǎng fāng shè fǎ jiěmiǎn zhè chǎng wēijī.
He tried every possible way to avert this crisis.
Yuánjūn gǎn dào, zhōngyú jiěmiǎn le chéngchí zhī wéi.
The reinforcements arrived and finally lifted the siege of the city.

Tips

register
Literary / classical-flavoured. In modern speech you'd more often use 避免 (bìmiǎn, to avoid), 解除 (jiěchú, to lift/relieve), or 解决 (jiějué, to resolve) depending on which sense you want.

Stroke Order

jiě
miǎn