大难临头

dà nàn lín tóu

Rare

Definitions

1. to be facing imminent calamity (idiom)
2. disaster is looming

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Child Words of 大难临头

big; large; great

see 大夫[dài fu]

to face

difficult (to...)

disaster

head

great catastrophe

to befall