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大难临头
dà nàn lín tóu
What 大难临头 means
- to be facing imminent calamity (idiom)
- 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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