大难临头

dà nàn lín tóu

释义

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

大难临头 的构成词

• 大 dà: big; large; great
• 大 dài: see 大夫[dài fu]
• 临 lín: to face
• 难 nán: difficult (to...)
• 难 nàn: disaster
• 头 tóu: head
• 大难 dà nàn: great catastrophe
• 临头 lín tóu: to befall