临头 (臨頭) líntóu

líntóu verb to befall; to be imminent
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '臨頭')

Contained in

• 死到临头(死到臨頭) Death is near at hand.
• 大祸临头(大禍臨頭) facing imminent catastrophe; calamity looms; all hell will break loose
• 事到临头(事到臨頭) when things come to a head
• 大限临头(大限臨頭) facing the end; at the end of one's life; with one foot in the grave

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• 第一百十九回 Chapter 119 Water Margin 水滸傳 — count: 1
• 第七十九回 Chapter 79 Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義 — count: 1