临 (臨) lín

1. 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)
2. 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)
3. 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)
4. 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)
5. 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)
6. lín noun a weapon used to shoot down at defenders
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Kroll 2015 '臨' 6, p. 273)
7. lín verb to copy
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: (Guoyu '臨' v 5; Kroll 2015 '臨' 4, p. 273)
8. 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)
9. 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)
10. lìn verb to pay respects to the deceased
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Kroll 2015 '臨' lìn, p. 273)
11. 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)
12. lín verb to shine on
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '臨' v 7)
13. lín verb to give; to add
    Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
    Notes: (Guoyu '臨' v 8)
14. lín proper noun Lin
    Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Names , Concept: Surname 姓氏
    Notes: (Guoyu '臨' n 2)

Contained in

• 圣神降临周(聖神降臨週) Whitsuntide
• 临近(臨近) to move close to; to approach
• 大祸临头(大禍臨頭) facing imminent catastrophe; calamity looms; all hell will break loose
• 临眺(臨眺) to observe from afar; to look into the distance from a high place
• 面临困难(面臨困難) to be faced with problems
• 驾临(駕臨) to grace with one's presence; your arrival (honorific); your esteemed presence
• 临月儿(臨月兒) the month childbirth is due
• 临床(臨床) clinical
• 临危授命(臨危授命) to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
• 濒临(瀕臨) on the verge of; close to
• 耶稣降临节(耶穌降臨節) Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
• 届临(屆臨) arriving at; confronted with
• 亲临其境(親臨其境) to travel to a place personally
• 临完(臨完) in the end
• 临时抱佛脚(臨時抱佛腳) to clasp the Buddha's feet when danger arises
• 临朝(臨朝) to hold a court audience; to govern from the imperial throne
• 临时政府(臨時政府) provisional government
• 事到临头(事到臨頭) when things come to a head
• 五福临门(五福臨門) (may the) five blessings descend upon this home
• 圣神降临(聖神降臨) Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
• 临危受命(臨危受命) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
• 临时分居(臨時分居) trial separation
• 临河(臨河) Linhe
• 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
• 临写(臨寫) to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting)
• 临门一脚(臨門一腳) to try to score (a goal); final push (at a critical juncture); the final leg of sth
• 临时(臨時) temporary; interim; ad hoc
• 照临(照臨) to shine [light] on ; to honor with your presence
• 临夏州(臨夏州) Linxia Hui autonomous prefecture
• 临战(臨戰) just before the contest; on the eve of war
• 死到临头(死到臨頭) Death is near at hand.
• 兵临城下(兵臨城下) soldiers at the city walls; at a critical juncture
• 身临其境(身臨其境) to experience it for oneself; to actually *be* there (as opposed to reading about it etc)
• 登临(登臨) to visit places famous for their scenery

Also contained in

临洮路 、 临夏 、 临沭县 、 临潼斗宝 、 临沭 、 临桂县 、 临邛县 、 临城县 、 临漳县 、 临屯 、 临安 、 临沧市 、 临夏县 、 临夏回族自治州 、 临屯郡 、 临安市 、 临澧县

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• 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
• 咸临 (鹹臨) 咸臨 — Book of Changes 易經, 臨 Lin — count: 4
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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