The word 避开 is formed through a logical combination of its two component characters: 避 (bì), which carries the core meaning "to avoid" or "to dodge", and 开 (kāi), which means "to open" or "to move apart". They are joined not grammatically but conceptually, where 开 acts to extend and complete the action of 避; it visually and notionally adds the sense of "opening up a space away from" or "moving aside to create distance from" the thing being avoided. Thus, the compound naturally depicts the full action of evading by stepping out of the way, forming a single integrated idea of "to steer clear of" or "to get out of the way of".