在所难免 — Chinese idiom
在所难免
zài suǒ nán miǎn
Traditional: 在所難免
Meaning
- to be unavoidable
Character by character
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present
- 所suǒplace, location; "that which", a particle introduc
- 难nánhard, difficult, arduous; unable
- 免miǎnto spare, to excuse from; to evade
Idioms sharing a character
- 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi
- 胜券在握 shèng quàn zài wò
- 势在必得 shì zài bì dé
- 势在必行 shì zài bì xíng
- 危在旦夕 wēi zài dàn xī
- 命在旦夕 mìng zài dàn xī
- 在所不辞 zài suǒ bù cí
- 如鲠在喉 rú gěng zài hóu
- 安闲自在 ān xián zì zai
- 左券在握 zuǒ quàn zài wò
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