事到临头 — Chinese idiom
事到临头
shì dào lín tóu
Traditional: 事到臨頭
Meaning
- when things come to a head
Character by character
- 事shìaffair, matter, business; to serve; accident, inci
- 到dàoto go to, to arrive
- 临línto draw near, to approach; to descend
- 头tóuhead; chief, boss; first, top
Idioms sharing a character
- 一事无成 yī shì wú chéng
- 不明事理 bù míng shì lǐ
- 事不过三 shì bù guò sān
- 事不关己 shì bù guān jǐ
- 事倍功半 shì bèi gōng bàn
- 事半功倍 shì bàn gōng bèi
- 事危累卵 shì wēi lěi luǎn
- 事在人为 shì zài rén wéi
- 事后聪明 shì hòu cōng ming
- 事怕行家 shì pà háng jiā
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