临

Stroke order

Example sentences

• 正式工比临时工要好。

  Zhèng shì gōng bǐ lín shí gōng yào hǎo

  A permanent job is better than a temporary one.

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• 不幸降临到他的头上。

  Bù xìng jiàng lín dào tā de tóu shàng

  A misfortune befell him.

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• 感谢您的光临。

  Gǎn xiè nín de guāng lín

  Thanks for stopping by.

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• 他意识到他面临危险。

  Tā yì shí dào tā miàn lín wēi xiǎn

  He is aware of the danger.

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Words containing 临

• 面临miàn lín 4–2 to face sth; to be confronted with
• 临时lín shí 2–2 as the time draws near; at the last moment; temporary; interim; ad hoc
• 光临guāng lín 1–2 (formal) to honor with one's presence; to attend
• 临床lín chuáng 2–2 clinical
• 降临jiàng lín 4–2 to descend; to arrive; to come
• 濒临bīn lín 1–2 on the edge of; (fig.) on the verge of; close to
• 来临lái lín 2–2 to approach; to come closer
• 临lín 2to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
• 临近lín jìn 2–4 close to; approaching
• 居高临下jū gāo lín xià 1–1–2–4lit. to be in a high location, overlooking the scene below (idiom); fig. to occupy a commanding position; to assume a haughty attitude
• 临街lín jiē 2–1 facing the street