死到臨頭 sǐ dào lín tóu

Death is near at hand. (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. Death is near at hand. (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
死 sǐ HSK 4
to die; extremely; inflexible
到 dào HSK 2
(verb complement denoting completion or result of an action)
臨 lín
to face; to be (just) about to; just before
頭 tóu
head; the top; end