soldiers at the city walls (idiom); fig. at a critical juncture
trad. 兵臨城下
Also written 兵臨城下【bīng lín chéng xià】
Characters in this word
4兵
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soldiers, a force, an army, weapons, arms, military, warlike, CL:個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- bīng
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 4822 of 2500
临
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to face, to overlook, to arrive, to be (just) about to, just before
- Pinyin
- lín
- Traditional
- 臨
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2068 of 2500
城
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city walls, city, town, CL:座[zuo4],道[dao4],個|个[ge4]
- Pinyin
- chéng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 2321 of 2500
下
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down, downwards, below, lower, later, next (week etc), second (of two parts), to decline, to go down, to arrive at (a decision, conclusion etc), measure word to show the frequency of an action
- Pinyin
- xià
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 184 of 2500