Chinese word dictionary

袒免

tǎn miǎn · to bare one's left arm and take off one's cap as an expression of sorrow

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Word information

Simplified袒免

Traditional袒免

Pinyintǎn miǎn

Part of speechDictionary

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HSK 2.0Not listed

Character breakdown

Study each Hanzi separately, then return to the complete word so pronunciation, meaning, and movement stay connected.

袒tǎn

to strip, to bare

免miǎn

to spare, to excuse from; to evade

How to learn 袒免

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Words with the same characters

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免费miǎnfèi

free (of charge)

避免bìmiǎn

to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from

免miǎn

to excuse sb; to exempt; to remove or dismiss from office; to avoid; to avert; to escape; to be prohibited

免税miǎnshuì

not liable to taxation (of monastery, imperial family etc); tax free; duty free (shop)

免疫miǎnyì

immunity (to disease)

难免nánmiǎn

hard to avoid; difficult to escape from; will inevitably