以免借口

to remove sth that could be used as a pretext (idiom)

old variant of 以[yi3]

old variant of 以[yi3]

abbr. for Israel 以色列[Yi3 se4 lie4]

to use / by means of / according to / in order to / because of / at (a certain date or place)

in order to avoid / so as not to

to excuse sb / to exempt / to remove or dismiss from office / to avoid / to avert / to escape / to be prohibited

old variant of 絻[wen4]

to lend / to borrow / by means of / to take (an opportunity)

variant of 借[jie4]

to use as an excuse / on the pretext / excuse / pretext

to use as an excuse / excuse; pretext

mouth / classifier for things with mouths (people, domestic animals, cannons, wells etc) / classifier for bites or mouthfuls