兵临城下 — Chinese idiom
兵临城下
bīng lín chéng xià
Traditional: 兵臨城下
Meaning
- soldiers at the city walls ; fig. at a critical juncture
Character by character
- 兵bīngsoldier; troops, an army; warlike
- 临línto draw near, to approach; to descend
- 城chéngcastle, city, town; municipality
- 下xiàbelow, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
Idioms sharing a character
- 先礼后兵 xiān lǐ hòu bīng
- 全民皆兵 quán mín jiē bīng
- 兵不厌诈 bīng bù yàn zhà
- 兵不血刃 bīng bù xuè rèn
- 兵家常事 bīng jiā cháng shì
- 兵强马壮 bīng qiáng mǎ zhuàng
- 兵戈扰攘 bīng gē rǎo rǎng
- 兵戎相见 bīng róng xiāng jiàn
- 兵精粮足 bīng jīng liáng zú
- 兵荒马乱 bīng huāng mǎ luàn
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