大難臨頭 [－难临头]

Jyutping daai6 naan6 lam4 tau4
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Definitions (CC-CEDICT)
  1. to be facing imminent calamity (idiom)
  2. disaster is looming
Definitions (CC-CANTO)
  1. big disasters are approaching
Definitions (粵典–words.hk)
  1. 語句
    災禍​就​嚟​發​生​喺​身上
    disaster is imminent
    • 大難臨頭各自飛
      大难临头各自飞
      daai6 naan6 lam4 tau4 gok3 zi6 fei1
      to fly away a catastrophe strikes
Definitions (Wiktionary)
  1. phrase, idiomatic
    to be faced with imminent danger
Definitions (Kaifangcidian)
  1. （沒有對應漢語詞彙）
Examples (粵典–words.hk)
  1. Cantonese
    大难临头，佢都仲冇厘正经，真系唔识死。
    大難臨頭，佢都仲冇厘正經，真係唔識死。
    daai6 naan6 lam4 tau4, keoi5 dou1 zung6 mou5 lei4 zing3 ging1, zan1 hai6 m4 sik1 sei2.
    • Faced with absolute doom, he is still joking around, I don't think he knows how badly the situation is.
  2. Cantonese
    大难临头各自飞
    大難臨頭各自飛
    daai6 naan6 lam4 tau4 gok3 zi6 fei1
    • to fly away a catastrophe strikes