临头

臨頭
líntóu
  1. to befall
  2. to be imminent

CEDICT

to befall; to happen; to be imminent

Wiktionary

到来。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 临 lín
  1. to face
  2. to overlook
  3. to arrive
  4. to be (just) about to
  5. just before
=2 头 tóu
  1. head
  2. hair style
  3. the top
  4. end
  5. beginning or end
  6. a stub
  7. remnant
  8. chief
  9. boss
  10. side
  11. aspect
  12. first
  13. leading
  14. classifier for pigs or livestock

classifier: 個
=2 头 tou suffix for nouns

Containing this entry

事到临头 shìdàolíntóu when things come to a head (idiom)
大祸临头 dàhuòlíntóu
  1. facing imminent catastrophe
  2. calamity looms
  3. all hell will break loose
大限临头 dàxiànlíntóu
  1. facing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life
  2. with one foot in the grave
大难临头 dànànlíntóu
  1. to be facing imminent calamity (idiom)
  2. disaster is looming
死到临头 sǐdàolíntóu Death is near at hand. (idiom)

Related entries

临到 líndào to befall
我又转念，见日光之下，快跑的未必能赢，力战的未必得胜，智慧的未必得粮食，明哲的未必得资财，灵巧的未必得喜悦，所临到众人的，是在乎当时的机会。

I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.

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