粵

大daai6難naan6臨lam4頭tau4

simp大难临头
daai6 naan6 lam4 tau4dà nàn lín tóu

English

  1. to be facing imminent calamity (idiom)
  2. big disasters are approaching
  3. disaster is looming
  4. disaster is imminent

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 災禍就嚟發生喺身上

Examples

  • 大難臨頭各自飛

    to fly away a catastrophe strikes

Sources: cc-canto, cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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