That was so dangerous! Fortunately, I narrowly escaped a disaster.
CHINESE DICTIONARY ENTRY
逃过一劫
(idiom) to survive a calamity
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DEFINITIONS & USAGE
Meaning and common use
01
(idiom) to survive a calamity
02
to get through a crisis
REAL CORPUS EXAMPLES
How 逃过一劫 actually appears in real sentences.
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No published English translation for this sentence.
COMMON COLLOCATIONS
Words that keep company with 逃过一劫.
Counted from the same corpus: the word that most often comes directly before, and directly after, 逃过一劫.
Directly before
- 侥幸逃过一劫1
Directly after
- 逃过一劫了1
ABOUT THIS ENTRY
Where this entry comes from
The HSK level, part of speech, and pronunciation come from the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus. The English definitions come from CC-CEDICT. Corpus sentences, collocations, and the frequency figure come from the Tatoeba Chinese sentence export and are counted rather than written, so nothing on this page is invented. Usage notes and the hand-written examples that appear higher up exist only for a handful of entries.
Definitions from CC-CEDICT, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Vocabulary levels and parts of speech from the HSK 3.1 syllabus. This compiled dictionary is shared under the same CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
COMMON QUESTIONS
About 逃过一劫
What does 逃过一劫 mean in Chinese?
逃过一劫 (táoguòyījié) means (idiom) to survive a calamity.
How do you pronounce 逃过一劫?
逃过一劫 is pronounced táoguòyījié.
Is 逃过一劫 an HSK word?
逃过一劫 is on the list of the HSK 3.1 vocabulary syllabus.
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