兵臨城下

See also: 兵临城下

Chinese

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soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike

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to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before

!city walls; city; town

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under; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to go down; latter

|- !trad. (兵臨城下) | 兵 | 臨 | 城 | 下 |- !simp. (兵临城下) | 兵 | 临 | 城 | 下 |}

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): bīnglínchéngxià

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄧㄥㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ lam⁴ sing⁴ haa⁶

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: bīnglínchéngxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binglinchengrshiah
  - IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ lin³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯a̠⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bing¹ lam⁴ sing⁴ haa⁶
  - Yale: bīng làhm sìhng hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ lam⁴ sing⁴ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ lem⁴ xing⁴ ha⁶
  - IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ lɐm²¹ sɪŋ²¹ hɑː²²/

Idiom

兵臨城下

the enemy army is just outside of the walls of the city

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