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回避

huí bì · hui bi

Traditional 迴避

HSK 5Old HSK 6

Meaning

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huí bì 迴避

  1. to shun
  2. to avoid (sb)
  3. to skirt
  4. to evade (an issue)
  5. to step back
  6. to withdraw
  7. to recuse (a judge etc)

huí bì 回避

  1. variant of 迴避 / 回避 (huí bì)
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Don't dodge the question

  1. Dengdeng

    这次(zhècì)考试(kǎoshì)你(nǐ)考(kǎo)了(le)多少分(duōshaofēn)

    How many points did you get on the exam?

  2. Liangliang

    那个(nàge)……今天(jīntiān)天气(tiānqì)真(zhēn)好(hǎo)啊(a)

    Um... the weather is so nice today.

  3. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)别(bié)回避(huíbì)我(wǒ)的(de)问题(wèntí)

    Don't dodge my question.

  4. Liangliang

    我(wǒ)没有(méiyǒu)回避(huíbì)，我(wǒ)只是(zhǐshì)在(zài)看(kàn)天气(tiānqì)

    I'm not dodging. I'm just looking at the weather.

  5. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)的(de)脸(liǎn)都(dōu)红(hóng)了(le)，是不是(shìbùshì)没(méi)考好(kǎohǎo)

    Your face is red. Did you not do well?

  6. Liangliang

    好吧(hǎoba)，六十分(liùshífēn)，刚好(gānghǎo)及格(jígé)

    Fine. Sixty. Just enough to pass.

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In a sentence

2 examples
01

不(bú)要(yào)回(huí)避(bì)我(wǒ)的(de)问(wèn)题(tí)。

Don't dodge my question.

Tatoeba: Chinese by jan_OkulaJu · English by jan_OkulaJu · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

讨(tǎo)论(lùn)敏(mǐn)感(gǎn)话(huà)题(tí)时(shí)，他(tā)总(zǒng)想(xiǎng)回(huí)避(bì)。

When discussing sensitive topics, he always wants to avoid them.

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