事到臨頭
shì​dào​lín​tou

at the last moment

  • created sense approved 事到临头/事到臨頭 · shì​dào​lín​tou · at the last moment — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    事到临头 / 事到臨頭

    shì​dào​lín​tou

    at the last moment

    (idiom) things have come to a head; when an event or situation is imminent or requires immediate action

    事 (literal) → 事 · shì · matter 到 (literal) → 到 · dào · to arrive 临头 (literal) → 临头/臨頭 · lín​tóu · to befall

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense