不免 (bù miǎn) means “inevitably”. It is an HSK 6 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
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听到这消息不免有些失望。
Tīngdào zhè xiāoxi bùmiǎn yǒuxiē shīwàng.
Hearing this news, one can't help but feel disappointed.
Updated: 2026-05-27