溜 — meaning in English
liū
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English meaning
- dodge verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
- eschew verb To deliberately avoid or keep away from something, usually on moral or practical grounds.
- evade verb To cleverly avoid or escape something, such as a person, question, or duty.
- shirk verb To avoid a duty or responsibility.
- shun verb To deliberately avoid someone or something, often as a form of social rejection.
Senses
溜 is used for these senses in English:
- dodge (ambitransitive) To avoid (something) by moving suddenly out of the way.
- eschew (transitive, formal) To avoid; to shun, to shy away from.
- evade (transitive) To get away from by cunning; to avoid by using dexterity, subterfuge, address, or ingenuity; to cleverly escape from.
- shun (transitive) To escape (a threatening evil, an unwelcome task etc).
dodge — full definition
- verb To avoid something by moving quickly out of its way.
- verb To avoid dealing with a question, responsibility, or difficulty.
- noun A trick or clever way of avoiding something, especially a duty or tax.
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