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): ㄅㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄔㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄚˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): bing¹ lam⁴ sing⁴ haa⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bīnglínchéngxià
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧㄥ ㄌㄧㄣˊ 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

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