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临危授命

lín wēi shòu mìng

4-character word Traditional 臨危授命

What 临危授命 means

1. to sacrifice one's life in a crisis

The characters in 临危授命

• 临línto face; to overlook; to arrive
• 危wēidanger; to endanger; Taiwan pr. wéi
• 授shòu(bound form) to confer; to give; (bound form) to teach; to instruct; (literary) to appoint
• 命mìnglife; fate; order or command

Sounds the same

Read lín wēi shòu mìng, tone for tone, but written differently.

• 临危受命(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis