幸免 xìngmiǎn to avoid (an unpleasant fate)
怎么记住“幸免”: 幸 good fortune + 免 avoid = to avoid (an unpleasant fate).
汉字
用法
- To narrowly escape a disaster/bad fate - 无一幸免 (wú yī xìngmiǎn) not a single one was spared.
- Almost always in negative or near-miss contexts: 幸免于难 (xìngmiǎn yú nàn) to escape with one's life.
- Formal/written; you don't 幸免 something trivial - it's reserved for catastrophes.