临危受命 — Chinese idiom
临危受命
lín wēi shòu mìng
Traditional: 臨危受命
Meaning
- to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
Character by character
- 临línto draw near, to approach; to descend
- 危wēidangerous, precarious; high
- 受shòuto receive, to get, to accept; to bear
- 命mìnglife; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
Idioms sharing a character
- 事到临头 shì dào lín tóu
- 兵临城下 bīng lín chéng xià
- 大限临头 dà xiàn lín tóu
- 大难临头 dà nàn lín tóu
- 如临大敌 rú lín dà dí
- 如临深渊 rú lín shēn yuān
- 居高临下 jū gāo lín xià
- 死到临头 sǐ dào lín tóu
- 临渴掘井 lín kě jué jǐng
- 临渴穿井 lín kě chuān jǐng
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