臨危授命

Chinese

		to face death or deadly peril; to be approaching one's end; to have one foot in the grave to face death or deadly peril; to be approaching one's end; to have one foot in the grave; to be dying from illness	to give orders; to give one's life
trad. (臨危授命)		臨危	授命
simp. (临危授命)		临危	授命

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): línwēishòumìng, línwéishòumìng

(Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄟㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ, ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: línwēishòumìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄟㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: línweishòumìng
  - Wade–Giles: lin²-wei¹-shou⁴-ming⁴
  - Yale: lín-wēi-shòu-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linueishowminq
  - Palladius: линьвэйшоумин (linʹvɛjšoumin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: línwéishòumìng
  - Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄕㄡˋ ㄇㄧㄥˋ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: línwéishòumìng
  - Wade–Giles: lin²-wei²-shou⁴-ming⁴
  - Yale: lín-wéi-shòu-mìng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linweishowminq
  - Palladius: линьвэйшоумин (linʹvɛjšoumin)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵⁻⁵⁵ ʂoʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ miŋ⁵¹/

Idiom

臨危授命

to sacrifice one's life in a crisis

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