hard to avoid · difficult to escape from · will inevitably

nán miǎn

n+án·2nd tonem+iǎn·3rd tone

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Stuff happens.

事情难免会发生。

... Otherwise it is (or will be) hard to avoid a counterproductive situation.

...不然难免会有适得其反的情况出现。

The troubles of life are inevitable.

生活中的烦恼在所难免。

The Foreign Minister said that war was inevitable.

外交部长称战争在所难免。

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