临死 lín sǐ

facing death; at death's door

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency 9874th word

Definitions

  1. 1. facing death
  2. 2. at death's door

Characters

Character Meaning
临 lín HSK 5
to face; to be (just) about to; just before
死 sǐ HSK 4
to die; extremely; inflexible