临 (臨) lín
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lín
verb
to face; to overlook
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 面对 (CC-CEDICT '臨'; Guoyu '臨' v 1; Kroll 2015 '臨' 1, p. 273) -
lín
verb
to watch; to look; to look down
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 视 (Kroll 2015 '臨' 1a, p. 273) -
lín
verb
to monitor; to oversee; to supervise
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 监视 (Kroll 2015 '臨' 2, p. 273) -
lín
verb
to meet
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 碰上 or 逢着 (Guoyu '臨' v 4) -
lín
verb
to arrive
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 到 or 至 (CC-CEDICT '臨'; Guoyu '臨' v 1) -
lín
noun
a weapon used to shoot down at defenders
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '臨' 6, p. 273) -
lín
verb
to copy
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '臨' v 5; Kroll 2015 '臨' 4, p. 273) -
lín
verb
to govern; to administer; to control
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 治理, 管理, or 统治 (Guoyu '臨' v 6) -
lín
verb
to be about to; to be near; to approach
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: In this sense 临 is synonymous with 靠近 or 逼近 (CC-CEDICT '臨'; Guoyu '臨' v 3; Kroll 2015 '臨' 3, p. 273) -
lìn
verb
to pay respects to the deceased
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Kroll 2015 '臨' lìn, p. 273) -
lín
proper noun
Overseeing
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: Name of a hexagram in the Yijing (Guoyu '臨' n; Kroll 2015 '臨' 5, p. 273) -
lín
verb
to shine on
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '臨' v 7) -
lín
verb
to give; to add
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Guoyu '臨' v 8) -
lín
proper noun
Lin
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
Notes: (Guoyu '臨' n 2)
Contained in
- 临床心理学(臨床心理學) clinical psychology
- 迫临(迫臨) to approach; to press in
- 亲临其境(親臨其境) to travel to a place personally
- 即将来临(即將來臨) imminent
- 临危授命(臨危授命) to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
- 临床特征(臨床特徵) clinical characteristic; diagnostic trait
- 自临大位(自臨大位) you yourself are in a superior position
- 亚临界(亞臨界) subcritical
- 欢迎光临(歡迎光臨) welcome
- 临街(臨街) facing the street
- 耶稣降临节(耶穌降臨節) Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
- 圣神降临(聖神降臨) Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
- 亲临(親臨) to go in person
- 面临困难(面臨困難) to be faced with problems
- 临阵(臨陣) just before the battle; to approach the front line
- 临界质量(臨界質量) critical mass
- 夜幕降临(夜幕降臨) nightfall
- 临死不怯(臨死不怯) equanimity in the face of death; to face dangers with assurance
- 临头(臨頭) to befall; to be imminent
- 临视(臨視) to observe personally
- 临难苟免(臨難苟免) to avoid facing difficulties
- 临摹(臨摹) to copy
- 登临(登臨) to visit places famous for their scenery
- 临渴掘井(臨渴掘井) not to dig a well until one is thirsty; to be unprepared and seek help at the last minute
- 阖第光临(闔第光臨) the whole family is invited
- 临夏州(臨夏州) Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture
- 圣神降临周(聖神降臨週) Whitsuntide
- 面临(面臨) to be confronted with
- 临床死亡(臨床死亡) clinical death
- 临床(臨床) clinical
- 双喜临门(雙喜臨門) two simultaneous happy events in the family
- 惠临(惠臨) (honorific) to visit; to call in
- 居高临下(居高臨下) to live high and look down; to overlook; to tower above; to occupy the high ground; arrogance based on one's social position
- 降临(降臨) to come down to visit; to arrive
- 临难(臨難) in peril; facing disaster
- 临时贷款(臨時貸款) bridging loan
- 莅临指导(蒞臨指導) to honor with one's presence and offer guidance
Also contained in
临夏市 、 临沂地区 、 临夏 、 临沧地区 、 临湘 、 临屯 、 临沂市 、 临朐 、 临时澳门市政执行委员会 、 临澧县 、 临泽县 、 临潼区 、 临邛县 、 临河区
Word is mentioned most frequently in
Truncated for common words
- 卷三十九 志第十九: 地理二 Volume 39 Treatises 19: Geography 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 47
- 卷四十一 志第二十一: 地理四 Volume 41 Treatises 21: Geography 4 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 38
- 卷三十五 志第二十五 州郡一 Volume 35 Treatises 25: Administrative Districts 1 Book of Song 宋書 — count: 36
- 卷三十八 志第十八: 地理一 Volume 38 Treatises 18: Geography 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 34
- 卷十五 志第五 地理下 Volume 15 Treatises 5: Geography Part Two Book of Jin 晉書 — count: 27
- 卷四十 志第二十: 地理三 Volume 40 Treatises 20: Geography 3 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 23
- 卷三十九 志第二十九 地理三 Volume 39 Treatises 33: Gepgraphy 3 New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 23
- 卷三十六 志第十六: 天文下 Volume 36 Treatises 16: Astronomy 2 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 23
- 卷九十九下 王莽傳 Volume 99c: Wang Mang 3 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 21
- 卷五十八 志第三十四 禮十二 Volume 58 Treatises 34: Rites 12 History of Ming 明史 — count: 20
Collocations
- 临事 (臨事) 臨事而食言 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 成公 Lord Cheng — count: 6
- 吊临 (吊臨) 敬吊臨賻賵 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《文王世子》King Wen as Son and Heir — count: 5
- 临深渊 (臨深淵) 如臨深淵 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 小雅‧節南山之什‧小旻 Minor odes of the kingdom - Jie Nan Shan Zhi Shen - Xiao Min — count: 5
- 临南 (臨南) 臨南者 — Gongyang's Commentary on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋公羊傳, 定公 Lord Ding — count: 4
- 咸临 (鹹臨) 咸臨 — Book of Changes 易經, 臨 Lin — count: 4
- 临民 (臨民) 告之以臨民 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 閔公 Lord Min — count: 4
- 临冲 (臨沖) 與爾臨衝 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧皇矣 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Huang Yi — count: 3
- 临丧 (臨喪) 臨喪不哀 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 3. 《八佾》 Ba Yi — count: 3
- 上帝临 (上帝臨) 上帝臨女 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧大明 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Da Ming — count: 3
- 临女 (臨女) 上帝臨女 — The Book of Songs 詩經, 大雅‧文王之什‧大明 Greater odes of the kingdom - Decade Of Wen Wang - Da Ming — count: 3