在劫難逃
zài​jié​nán​táo

impossible to escape one's fate

  • created sense approved 在劫难逃/在劫難逃 · zài​jié​nán​táo · impossible to escape one's fate — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    在劫难逃 / 在劫難逃

    zài​jié​nán​táo

    impossible to escape one's fate

    destined to suffer a misfortune; used to describe a disaster or calamity that is unavoidable according to one's destiny

    在 (literal) → 在 · zài · to occupy 劫 (literal) → 劫 · jié · calamity 难逃 (literal) → 难逃/難逃 · nán​táo · hard to escape

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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