大禍臨頭 dà huò lín tóu

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

大 dà
HSK 1
big, great, vast, large, high
禍 huò misfortune, calamity, disaster
臨 lín draw near, approach; descend
頭 tóu head; top; chief, first; boss