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大难临头

dà nàn lín tóu

4-character word Traditional 大難臨頭

What 大难临头 means

1. to be facing imminent calamity (idiom)
2. disaster is looming

The characters in 大难临头

• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 难nándifficult (to...); problem; difficulty
• 临línto face; to overlook; to arrive
• 头tóuhead; hair style; the top

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