大禍臨頭 dà huò lín tóu

calamity looms; facing imminent catastrophe

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. calamity looms
  2. 2. facing imminent catastrophe
  3. 3. all hell will break loose

Characters

Character Meaning
大 dà HSK 1
big; large; great
禍 huò
misfortune; disaster; calamity
臨 lín
to face; to be (just) about to; just before
頭 tóu
head; the top; end