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The Chinese term 不可避免 (bùkě bìmiǎn) is a lexicalized compound formed through a straightforward grammatical and semantic construction: it combines the negation 不可 (bùkě, meaning "cannot" or "must not") with the verb 避免 (bìmiǎn, meaning "to avoid"). Literally, it parses as "cannot avoid", where 不可 functions as an auxiliary negation modifying the action of the following verb. This structure follows a common pattern in Chinese for creating adjectives or stative phrases that express necessity or inevitability, resulting in the holistic meaning of "inevitable" or "unavoidable". The formation is therefore analytic, deriving its meaning directly from the sum of its transparent parts.