大难临头(dà nàn lín tóu): to be facing imminent calamity (idiom)
4 charactersTrad. 大難臨頭
to be facing imminent calamity (idiom)
Character breakdown
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Word information
- Pinyin
- dà nàn lín tóu
- Meaning
- to be facing imminent calamity (idiom)
- HSK level
- —
- Characters
- 4
- Traditional
- 大難臨頭
Related words
Common words sharing a character with 大难临头 — tap one to open its word page.
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HSK 7-9at dawn
kǎn侃dà大shān山
HSK 7-9to chatter idly
bù不shí识dà大tǐ体
to fail to see the larger issue (idiom)
bù不gù顾dà大jú局
to give no consideration to the bigger picture (usually implying selfishness)
shì世zōng宗dà大wáng王
Sejong the Great or Sejong Daewang (1397-1450), reigned 1418-1450 as fourth king of Jos…
shì世jiè界dà大zhàn战
world war
zhōng中shān山dà大xué学
Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou)
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