粵

倖hang6免min5

simp幸免
hang6 min5xìng miǎn

English

  1. to avoid (an unpleasant fate)
  2. Escape by sheer luck
  3. to escape by luck or chance

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 因為運氣好而避免墮入災難

Examples

  • 只有一人倖免於難。

    Only one person survived the accident.

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  • 大火經樓梯迅速蔓延至整座大廈,冇樓層倖免。

    The fire spread quickly via stairways to engulf the entire building and every floor was burned.

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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