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兵臨城下

兵臨城下

See also: 兵临城下

Chinese

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soldiers; a force; an army; weapons; arms; military; warlike

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to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before

!city walls; city; town

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under; second; next; lower; below; underneath; down(wards); to decline; to go down; latter

|- !trad. (兵臨城下) | | | | |- !simp. (兵临城下) | | | | |}

Idiom

兵臨城下

  1. the enemy army is just outside of the walls of the city

Proper noun

兵臨城下

  1. (movie) Enemy at the Gates

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