难免 (hard to avoid / bound to)
"Bound to happen"
- (Subj) + hard to avoid难免 + Verb Phrase = "it's hard to avoid / bound to".
- new hand新手hard to avoid难免to make a mistake出错 = "beginners are bound to make mistakes."
- hard to avoid难免 accepts something as a natural, unavoidable outcome.
(Subj) + hard to avoid难免 + Verb Phrase
- hard to avoid难免 says the outcome can't really be helped.
beginners新手bound to难免make mistakes出错。
- new hand新手hard to avoid难免to make a mistake出错 = "beginners are bound to make mistakes."
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Correct or broken?
难免 admits something is hard to avoid — bound to happen, forgivably.
Practice
Beginners are bound to make mistakes: 新手 ____ 出错。
难免 + VP = bound to / hard to avoid: 新手难免出错.
Practice
难免 accepts the outcome as hard to help.
Yes — “can't really be helped”.
Recap
Key idea
- hard to avoid难免 + Verb Phrase — "hard to avoid / bound to (happen)"
- new hand新手hard to avoid难免to make a mistake出错 · hard to avoid难免to have / there is有difficult困难
- Accepts an outcome as natural / unavoidable
Read the full reference: HSK 5 grammar — Verb phrases.
Practice
难免 treats the outcome as…
难免有困难 = difficulties are unavoidable.