大難臨頭

Chinese

		major catastrophe	to befall; to happen; to be imminent
trad. (大難臨頭)		大難	臨頭
simp. (大难临头)		大难	临头

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): dànànlíntóu

(Zhuyin): ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ
Cantonese (Jyutping): daai⁶ naan⁶ lam⁴ tau⁴

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: dànànlíntóu
  - Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahnannlintour
  - IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nän⁵¹ lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: daai⁶ naan⁶ lam⁴ tau⁴
  - Yale: daaih naahn làhm tàuh
  - Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ naan⁶ lam⁴ tau⁴
  - Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ nan⁶ lem⁴ teo⁴
  - IPA ^(key): /täːi̯²² näːn²² lɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

大難臨頭

to be faced with imminent danger

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