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)⁺
  - 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

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)