在所难免

Traditional form:

在所難免

Pinyin (reading):

zàisuǒnánmiǎn

Definitions:

• to be unavoidable (idiom)

Characters:

• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 难 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 免 - to spare, to excuse from; to evade

Traditional characters:

• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 所 - place, location; "that which", a particle introducing a passive clause
• 難 - hard, difficult, arduous; unable
• 免 - to spare, to excuse from; to evade