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大祸临头
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What 大祸临头 means
- facing imminent catastrophe
- calamity looms
- all hell will break loose
The characters in 大祸临头
- 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
- 祸huòdisaster; misfortune; calamity
- 临línto face; to overlook; to arrive
- 头tóuhead; hair style; the top
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