zài在atsuǒ所placenán难hardmiǎn免avoid
Unavoidable; inevitable.
Literal meaning
at (在) — place (所) — hard (难) — avoid (免)
Origin
A classical four-character phrase indicating that something is difficult or impossible to avoid.
Examples
Fàn犯cuò错wù误shì是zài在suǒ所nán难miǎn免de的。
Making mistakes is unavoidable.
Zài在jìng竞zhēng争jī激liè烈de的shì市chǎng场zhōng中，shī失bài败shì是zài在suǒ所nán难miǎn免de的。
In a highly competitive market, failure is inevitable.
Usage & nuances
Used to acknowledge that something negative or undesirable is likely to happen.
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