死到臨頭
sǐ​dào​lín​tóu

to be at death's door

  • created sense approved 死到临头/死到臨頭 · sǐ​dào​lín​tóu · to be at death's door — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    死到临头 / 死到臨頭

    sǐ​dào​lín​tóu

    to be at death's door

    (idiom) death is near at hand; facing imminent death

    死 (literal) → 死 · sǐ · to die 到 (literal) → 到 · dào · to 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