| 大祸临头 |
dà huò lín tóu |
facing imminent catastrophe / calamity looms / all hell will break loose |
| 大 |
dà |
big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother) |
| 大 |
dài |
see 大夫 |
| 大祸 |
dà huò |
disaster / calamity |
| 祸 |
huò |
old variant of 祸 |
| 祸 |
huò |
disaster / misfortune / calamity |
| 临 |
lín |
to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before |
| 临头 |
lín tóu |
to befall / to be imminent |
| 头 |
tóu |
head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:个 |
| 头 |
tou |
suffix for nouns |