兵臨城下

See also: 兵临城下

Chinese

		soldiers; a force; an army soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike	to face; to overlook; to arrive to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before	city walls; city; town	under; next; lower 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)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: bīnglínchéngxià
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: binglínchéngsià
  - Wade–Giles: ping¹-lin²-chʻêng²-hsia⁴
  - Yale: bīng-lín-chéng-syà
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: binglincherngshiah
  - Palladius: бинлиньчэнся (binlinʹčɛnsja)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /piŋ⁵⁵ lin³⁵ ʈ͡ʂʰɤŋ³⁵ ɕi̯ä⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: bing¹ lam⁴ sing⁴ haa⁶
  - Yale: bīng làhm sìhng hah
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bing¹ lam⁴ sing⁴ haa⁶
  - Guangdong Romanization: bing¹ lem⁴ xing⁴ ha⁶
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /pɪŋ⁵⁵ lɐm²¹ sɪŋ²¹ haː²²/

Idiom

兵臨城下

(literal, figurative) the enemy army is just outside of the walls of the city

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