差一点儿没 chàyīdiǎnrméi narrowly escaped Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 差一点儿 差一點兒 chàyīdiǎnr narrowly escaped used in the construction 差一点儿没 chàyīdiǎnrméi plus a verb to indicate narrowly escaping an unfortunate event or barely avoiding an action没 沒 méi adverb [negation] Shows that an action is not finished or has not happened; often used as an abbreviation of 没有 méiyǒu.