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Chinese symbol for “unavoidable”

免不了
miǎn bù liǎo
unavoidable; can't be avoided

The closest CC-CEDICT match for unavoidable is 免不了 (miǎn bù liǎo), defined as: unavoidable; can't be avoided.

Before using these characters for a tattoo, check them with a native speaker. Dictionary words often have several meanings, and the right choice depends on context.

Characters and stroke order

免 miǎn
to spare, to excuse from; to evade
radical 10 ⼉ · 7 strokes
不 bù
no, not, un-; negative prefix
radical 1 ⼀ · 4 strokes
了 liǎo
clear; to finish; particle of completed action
radical 6 ⼅ · 2 strokes

Other Chinese words for “unavoidable”

WordPinyinMeaning
必经 (必經)bì jīngunavoidable; the only (road, entrance etc)
不可避免bù kě bì miǎn(idiom) inevitable; unavoidable
免不得miǎn bu deunavoidable; bound to (happen)

Related words

Other words that share a character with 免不了.

WordPinyinMeaning
免费 (免費)miǎn fèifree (of charge)
避免bì miǎnto avert; to prevent
以免yǐ miǎnin order to avoid; so as not to
免疫miǎn yìimmunity (to disease)
罢免 (罷免)bà miǎnto remove sb from their post; to dismiss
难免 (難免)nán miǎnhard to avoid; difficult to escape from
不是bù shìno; is not
不能bù néngcannot; must not
为了 (為了)wèi lefor; for the purpose of; in order to

See also: Japanese symbol for “unavoidable”.

Data: CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0); Unihan Database (Unicode License v3); Make Me a Hanzi (Arphic Public License (graphics.txt); LGPL-3.0-or-later (dictionary.txt)); wordfreq (CC BY-SA 4.0 (data)). Retrieved 2026-10-22.