"大難臨頭" meaning in All languages combined

See 大難臨頭 on Wiktionary

Phrase [漢語]

IPA: /tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nän⁵¹ lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/ [Mandarin, Standard-Chinese, Sinological-IPA], /taːi̯²² naːn²² lɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/ [Cantonese, Standard-Cantonese, Guangzhou, Hong Kong, IPA] Forms: 大难临头 [Simplified-Chinese]
  1. 大災禍降臨身上
    Sense id: zh-大難臨頭-zh-phrase-alFTHHKk
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "tags": [
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        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ naan⁶ lam⁴ tau⁴"
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        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Pinyin"
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      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ"
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      "zh_pron": "ta⁴-nan⁴-lin²-tʻou²"
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        "Yale"
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      "zh_pron": "dà-nàn-lín-tóu"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dahnannlintour"
    },
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      "roman": "dananʹlinʹtou",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дананьлиньтоу"
    },
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      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nän⁵¹ lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
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      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ naan⁶ lam⁴ tau⁴"
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      "zh_pron": "daaih naahn làhm tàuh"
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
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      "zh_pron": "dai⁶ nan⁶ lem⁴ teo⁴"
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    {
      "ipa": "/taːi̯²² naːn²² lɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/",
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        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
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        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ naan⁶ lam⁴ tau⁴"
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        "Mandarin",
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        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dànànlíntóu"
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "ㄉㄚˋ ㄋㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄊㄡˊ"
    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dànànlíntóu"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Wade–Giles"
      ],
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    },
    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dà-nàn-lín-tóu"
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    {
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dahnannlintour"
    },
    {
      "roman": "dananʹlinʹtou",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "дананьлиньтоу"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tä⁵¹⁻⁵³ nän⁵¹ lin³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/",
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        "Mandarin",
        "Standard-Chinese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ naan⁶ lam⁴ tau⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Yale",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daaih naahn làhm tàuh"
    },
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        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "daai⁶ naan⁶ lam⁴ tau⁴"
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    {
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        "Cantonese",
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        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh_pron": "dai⁶ nan⁶ lem⁴ teo⁴"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/taːi̯²² naːn²² lɐm²¹ tʰɐu̯²¹/",
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        "Cantonese",
        "Standard-Cantonese",
        "Guangzhou",
        "Hong Kong",
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