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兵临城下
bīng​lín​chéng​xià

under siege

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 兵 bīng
    army
    army; troops; military forces
  2. 临 臨 lín verb
    to face
    to face; to overlook from a height; to be near to or adjacent to
  3. 城 chéng nounproper noun
    city wall
    city walls; defensive walls surrounding a town or area
  4. 下 xià locative
    below
    low place; bottom; underneath; (bound form) used after a noun to indicate a scope, condition, or time