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

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: dànànlíntóu
    • Zhuyin: ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: dànànlíntóu
    • Wade–Giles: ta⁴-nan⁴-lin²-tʻou²
    • Yale: dà-nàn-lín-tóu
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: dahnannlintour
    • Palladius: дананьлиньтоу (dananʹlinʹtou)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nän⁵¹ lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: daai⁶ naan⁶ lam⁴ tau⁴
    • Yale: daaih naahn làhm tàuh
    • Cantonese Pinyin: daai⁶ naan⁶ lam⁴ tau⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: dai⁶ nan⁶ lem⁴ teo⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /taːi̯²² naːn²² lɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/

Idiom

大難臨頭

1. to be faced with imminent danger

Derived terms

• 夫妻本是同林鳥，大難臨頭各自飛／夫妻本是同林鸟，大难临头各自飞 (fūqīběnshìtónglínniǎo , dànánlín tóugè zì fēi)