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免不得

Mandarin · pinyin miǎn bu de

unavoidable
bound to (happen)

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免: miǎn · spare; excuse from; evade
不: bù · no, not; un-; negative prefix
得: dé · obtain, get, gain, acquire

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3–5–5 · mian3 bu5 de5

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min5 bat1 dak1

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