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
- 临到(臨到) to befall
- 临场感(臨場感) the feeling of actually being there
- 身临其境(身臨其境) to experience it for oneself; to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc)
- 临床心理学(臨床心理學) clinical psychology
- 来临(來臨) to arrive
- 临朝(臨朝) to hold a court audience; to govern from the imperial throne
- 临写(臨寫) to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting)
- 临刑(臨刑) facing execution
- 莅临指导(蒞臨指導) to honor with one's presence and offer guidance
- 临机(臨機) to face the current situation
- 事到临头(事到臨頭) when things come to a head
- 临界质量(臨界質量) critical mass
- 临时贷款(臨時貸款) bridging loan
- 临战(臨戰) just before the contest; on the eve of war
- 再临(再臨) to come again
- 临深履薄(臨深履薄) facing an abyss, walking on thin ice
- 临时分居(臨時分居) trial separation
- 临危(臨危) dying (from illness); facing death; on one's deathbed
- 临难苟免(臨難苟免) to avoid facing difficulties
- 自临大位(自臨大位) you yourself are in a superior position
- 临帖(臨帖) to practice calligraphy from a model
- 迫临(迫臨) to approach; to press in
- 临场(臨場) to be at the scene (sitting for an exam, performing, competing, giving directions etc); firsthand (experience); impromptu (remarks etc)
- 临近(臨近) to move close to; to approach
- 临危授命(臨危授命) to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
- 兵临城下(兵臨城下) soldiers at the city walls; at a critical juncture
- 临域种化(臨域種化) parapatric speciation
- 临夏州(臨夏州) Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture
- 大驾光临(大駕光臨) we are honored by your presence
- 临别(臨別) on parting; facing separation
- 临眺(臨眺) to observe from afar; to look into the distance from a high place
- 犬牙相临(犬牙相臨) dog's fangs interlocking; opposing sides interlocking
- 阖第光临(闔第光臨) the whole family is invited
- 大祸临头(大禍臨頭) facing imminent catastrophe; calamity looms; all hell will break loose
- 临渊羡鱼,不如退而结网(臨淵羨魚,不如退而結網) better to go home and weave a net than to stand by the pond longing for fish
Also contained in
临汾市 、 临海市 、 临高 、 临桂 、 临澧 、 临潼 、 临猗县 、 临城 、 临夏 、 临泉 、 临川区 、 临夏县 、 临夏回族自治州 、 临颍县 、 临渭区 、 临江市
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
- 君临 (君臨) 請君臨之使 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 襄公 Lord Xiang — 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
- 临丧 (臨喪) 臨喪不哀 — The Analects of Confucius 論語, 3. 《八佾》 Ba Yi — count: 3