lit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom); fig. cautious; with great preoccupation; with strict precaution
trad. 如臨大敵
Also written 如臨大敵【rú lín dà dí】
Characters in this word
4如
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as, as if, such as
- Pinyin
- rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1252 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
大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
敌
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(bound form) enemy, (bound form) to be a match for; to rival, (bound form) to resist; to withstand
- Pinyin
- dí
- Traditional
- 敵
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 12235 of 2500