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
4 characters · plays one at a time
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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.
bù不dà大
HSK 1not very (clear, far away etc); not too
dà大xué学
HSK 1the Great Learning, one of the Four Books 四书 in Confucianism
dà大xué学shēng生
HSK 1university student; college student
nán难shòu受
HSK 2to feel unwell
lǐ里tou头
HSK 2inside; interior
nán难kàn看
HSK 2ugly
tóu头fa发
HSK 2hair (on the head)
nán难tīng听
HSK 2unpleasant to hear
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