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濒临

bīn lín

Old HSK 6 HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 瀕臨

濒临 (bīn lín) means "on the edge of; (fig.) on the verge of; close to". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was HSK 6 in the old six-level list.

What 濒临 means

1. on the edge of
2. (fig.) on the verge of
3. close to

The characters in 濒临

• 濒bīnto approach; to border on; near
• 临línto face; to overlook; to arrive

Example sentences

• 这是一个濒临消失的物种。
  Zhè shì yī gè bīnlín xiāoshī de wùzhǒng.
  It is an endangered species.
• 这是一个濒临灭绝的物种。
  It is an endangered species.
• 当我们濒临死亡，我们应该独处。我们将摒离所有身外之物。世间的朋友们-跟我们的地位，财富和社会层次息息相关的朋友，都将离我们而去，只因我们即将步入黑暗的山谷。那些与陌生人紧紧相连的关系网-我们的亲属、我们的爱人、孩子、兄弟姐妹，还有那些不太亲却有共同朋友的人们，我们也必须要分开。现在，他们并没用离开我们。有一个比兄弟更亲的人-爱他自己也爱世间直到尽头。
  Dāng wǒmen bīnlín sǐwáng, wǒmen yīnggāi dúchǔ. wǒmen jiāng bìng lí suǒyǒu shēnwàizhīwù. shìjiān de péngyou men - gēn wǒmen de dìwèi, cáifù hé shèhuì céngcì xīxīxiāngguān de péngyou, dōu jiāng lí wǒmen ér qù, zhǐ yīn wǒmen jíjiāng bùrù hēi'àn de shāngǔ. nàxiē yǔ mòshēngrén jǐnjǐn xiānglián de guānxi wǎng - wǒmen de qīnshǔ, wǒmen de àiren, háizi, xiōngdìjiěmèi, háiyǒu nàxiē bù tài qīn què yǒu gòngtóng péngyou de rénmen, wǒmen yě bìxū yào fēnkāi. xiànzài, tāmen bìng méiyòng líkāi wǒmen. yǒu yī gè bǐ xiōngdì gèng qīn de rén - ài tā zìjǐ yě ài shìjiān zhídào jìntóu.
  When we come to die, we shall be alone. From all our worldly possessions we shall be about to part. Worldly friends — the friends drawn to us by our position, our wealth, or our social qualities, — will leave us as we enter the dark valley. From those bound to us by stronger ties — our kindred, our loved ones, children, brothers, sisters, and from those not less dear to us who have been made our friends because they and we are the friends of the same Saviour, — from them also we must part. Yet not all will leave us. There is One who "sticketh closer than a brother" — One who having loved His own which are in the world loves them to the end.

Where 濒临 is taught

In the GraphChinese course it is part of HSK 6 Vocabulary · biǎo–bō (HSK 6), each one a topic in the dependency graph of HSK 1–6 that opens only once its prerequisites are solid.

Go deeper

• Every HSK 6 word, with the rest of its level.
• The four tones and the neutral tone, to read bīn lín correctly.
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