- lit. as if meeting a great enemy (idiom)
- fig. cautious
- with great preoccupation
- with strict precaution
Characters
- 如 (如): as; as if; such as
- 临 (臨): to face; to overlook; to arrive; to be (just) about to; just before
- 大 (大): big; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]); greatly; freely; fully; (dialect) father; (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- 敌 (敵): enemy; to be a match for; to rival; to resist; to withstand
Resources
- Wiktionary: 如临大敌
- MDBG: 如临大敌
- Examples with 如临大敌 on Tatoeba
Examples
No examples. Add one?