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Trad. 避險
- to flee from danger
- to avoid danger
- to minimize risk
- (finance) hedge
- (bound form) to avoid being struck by lightning
- (slang) to steer clear of sth bad (e.g. shoddy goods, a scam, or a bad experience)
Trad. 迴避
- to shun
- to avoid (sb)
- to skirt
- to evade (an issue)
- to step back
- to withdraw
- to recuse (a judge etc)
- to be away for the summer holidays
- to spend a holiday at a summer resort
- to prevent sunstroke
Trad. 避諱
- to avoid a taboo (usu. on the given names of emperors or one's elders)
Trad. 避風塘
- typhoon shelter (a cove where boats shelter from strong winds and rough seas, esp. in Hong Kong)
- (attributive) typhoon shelter-style, a cooking method associated with those who lived on boats in the coves, where crab, prawn or other meat is fried and flavored with spices and black beans
Trad. 避重就輕
- to avoid the important and dwell on the trivial
- to keep silent about major charges while admitting minor ones
Trad. 消災避邪
- to avoid calamities and evil spirits
Trad. 遮風避雨
- to give shelter from the wind and rain
- to keep out the elements
Trad. 防空避難
- (Tw) evacuation to an air-raid shelter
Trad. 揚長避短
- to foster strengths and avoid weaknesses (idiom)
- to play to one's strengths
Trad. 不避斧鉞
- not trying to avoid the battle-ax (idiom)
- not afraid of dying in combat
- not afraid of being executed
Trad. 不避艱險
- shrink or flinch from no difficulty or danger
- make light of difficulties and dangers
Trad. 趨利避害
- (idiom) to make the most of the benefits while avoiding adverse effects
Trad. 趨吉避凶
- to seek luck and avoid calamity (idiom)
- lit. to retreat ninety li (idiom)
- fig. to shun; to assiduously avoid
Trad. 避世絕俗
- (idiom) to withdraw from society and live in seclusion
- to dodge a pit only to fall into a well (idiom)
- out of the frying pan into the fire
Trad. 避實就虛
- (idiom) stay clear of the enemy's main force and strike at his weak points
Trad. 避實擊虛
- see 避實就虛|避实就虚[bi4 shi2 jiu4 xu1]
Trad. 避暑山莊
- mountain resort
- Qing imperial summer residence at Chengde, a world heritage site
Trad. 防空避難所
- (Tw) air-raid shelter
Trad. 子宮內避孕器
- intrauterine device (IUD)
Trad. 避其銳氣，擊其惰歸
- avoid the enemy when he is fresh and strike him when he is tired and withdraws (idiom)