临头

臨頭

líntóu

verb #19,494

Meanings

HSK 3

事到临头才开始着急，已经晚了。

Shì dào líntóu cái kāishǐ zháojí, yǐjīng wǎn le.

Getting anxious only when things come to a head is already too late.

HSK 7-9

大难临头的时候，他却很镇定。

Dànàn-líntóu de shíhou, tā què hěn zhèndìng.

When disaster befell him, he remained very calm.

usage

临头 almost always appears with negative events: 大难临头 (disaster befalls), 大祸临头 (calamity looms), 死到临头 (death is near). Rarely used alone.

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