避免 (bì miǎn) means “to avert; to prevent; to avoid; to refrain from”. It is an HSK 5 Chinese word in the HSK 3.0 vocabulary.
为了避免交通堵塞,我们最好早点出发。
Wèile bìmiǎn jiāotōng dǔsè, wǒmen zuìhǎo zǎodiǎn chūfā.
To avoid traffic jams, we'd better leave early.
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