临难
lín nàn
Pinyin

Definition

临难
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lín nàn
  1. in peril
  2. facing disaster

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

来临
lái lín
  1. 1 to approach
  2. 2 to come closer
困难
kùn nan
  1. 1 difficult
  2. 2 challenging
  3. 3 straitened circumstances
  4. 4 difficult situation
降临
jiàng lín
  1. 1 to descend
  2. 2 to arrive
  3. 3 to come
难
nán
  1. 1 difficult (to...)
  2. 2 problem
  3. 3 difficulty
  4. 4 difficult
  5. 5 not good
难以
nán yǐ
  1. 1 hard to (predict, imagine etc)
难受
nán shòu
  1. 1 to feel unwell
  2. 2 to suffer pain
  3. 3 to be difficult to bear
难得
nán dé
  1. 1 seldom
  2. 2 rare
  3. 3 hard to come by
难过
nán guò
  1. 1 to feel sad
  2. 2 to feel unwell
  3. 3 (of life) to be difficult
难道
nán dào
  1. 1 don't tell me ...
  2. 2 could it be that...?
光临
guāng lín
  1. 1 (formal) to honor with one's presence
  2. 2 to attend
刁难
diāo nàn
  1. 1 to be hard on sb
  2. 2 to deliberately make things difficult
劫难
jié nàn
  1. 1 calamity
危难
wēi nàn
  1. 1 calamity
患难
huàn nàn
  1. 1 trials and tribulations
濒临
bīn lín
  1. 1 on the edge of
  2. 2 (fig.) on the verge of
  3. 3 close to
灾难
zāi nàn
  1. 1 disaster
  2. 2 catastrophe
为难
wéi nán
  1. 1 to feel embarrassed or awkward
  2. 2 to make things difficult (for someone)
  3. 3 to find things difficult (to do or manage)
磨难
mó nàn
  1. 1 a torment
  2. 2 a trial
  3. 3 tribulation
  4. 4 a cross (to bear)
  5. 5 well-tried
临
lín
  1. 1 to face
  2. 2 to overlook
  3. 3 to arrive
  4. 4 to be (just) about to
  5. 5 just before
临床
lín chuáng
  1. 1 clinical

Idioms (20)

一寸光阴一寸金，寸金难买寸光阴
yī cùn guāng yīn yī cùn jīn , cùn jīn nán mǎi cùn guāng yīn
  1. 1 lit. An interval of time is worth an ounce of gold, money cannot buy you time. (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. Time is precious and must be treasured.
一木难支
yī mù nán zhī
  1. 1 lit. a single post cannot prop up a falling house (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. one is helpless alone
一言既出，驷马难追
yī yán jì chū , sì mǎ nán zhuī
  1. 1 lit. once said, a team of horses cannot unsay it (idiom); a promise must be kept
一言难尽
yī yán nán jìn
  1. 1 hard to explain in a few words (idiom); complicated and not easy to express succinctly
世上无难事，只怕有心人
shì shàng wú nán shì , zhǐ pà yǒu xīn rén
  1. 1 there is nothing the determined person can't accomplish (idiom)
  2. 2 persistence will overcome
事到临头
shì dào lín tóu
  1. 1 when things come to a head (idiom)
人心难测
rén xīn nán cè
  1. 1 hard to fathom a person's mind (idiom)
介于两难
jiè yú liǎng nán
  1. 1 to be on the horns of a dilemma (idiom)
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
  1. 1 soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
劫数难逃
jié shù nán táo
  1. 1 Destiny is inexorable, there is no fleeing it (idiom). Your doom is at hand.
勉为其难
miǎn wéi qí nán
  1. 1 to tackle a difficult job (idiom)
  2. 2 to do sth reluctantly
千军易得，一将难求
qiān jūn yì dé , yī jiàng nán qiú
  1. 1 Easy to raise an army of one thousand, but hard to find a good general. (idiom)
千载难逢
qiān zǎi nán féng
  1. 1 extremely rare (idiom)
  2. 2 once in a blue moon
千金难买
qiān jīn nán mǎi
  1. 1 can't be bought for one thousand in gold (idiom)
可共患难
kě gòng huàn nàn
  1. 1 to go through thick and thin together (idiom)
善财难舍
shàn cái nán shě
  1. 1 to cherish wealth and find it hard to give up (idiom); refusing to contribute to charity
  2. 2 skinflint
  3. 3 miserly
在家千日好，出门一时难
zài jiā qiān rì hǎo , chū mén yī shí nán
  1. 1 lit. at home, one can spend a thousand days in comfort, but spending a day away from home can be challenging (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. there's no place like home
在所难免
zài suǒ nán miǎn
  1. 1 to be unavoidable (idiom)
坐立难安
zuò lì nán ān
  1. 1 unable to sit or stand still (out of nervousness etc) (idiom)
多难兴邦
duō nàn xīng bāng
  1. 1 much hardships may awaken a nation (idiom); calamity that prompts renewal

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