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临头

lín tóu

2-character word Traditional 臨頭

What 临头 means

1. to befall
2. to be imminent

The characters in 临头

• 临línto face; to overlook; to arrive
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

Words containing 临头

• 事到临头shì dào lín tóuwhen things come to a head (idiom)
• 大限临头dà xiàn lín tóufacing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life; with one foot in the grave
• 大难临头dà nàn lín tóuto be facing imminent calamity (idiom); disaster is looming
• 死到临头sǐ dào lín tóuDeath is near at hand. (idiom)
• 大祸临头dà huò lín tóufacing imminent catastrophe; calamity looms; all hell will break loose