禍不旋踵
huò​bù​xuán​zhǒng

disaster looms

  • created sense approved 祸不旋踵/禍不旋踵 · huò​bù​xuán​zhǒng · disaster looms — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    祸不旋踵 / 禍不旋踵

    huò​bù​xuán​zhǒng

    disaster looms

    idiom meaning that trouble is imminent; disaster arrives before one even has time to turn on one's heel

    祸 (literal) → 祸/禍 · huò · disaster 不旋踵 (literal) → 不旋踵 · bù​xuán​zhǒng · in a split second

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

    created sense