临

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

radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 2)

vertical stroke (in Chinese characters), referred to as 豎筆|竖笔[shu4 bi3]

archaic variant of 糾|纠[jiu1]

"dot" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 3) / see also 點|点[dian3]

Kangxi radical 18 (刀[dao1]) as a vertical side element / see also 立刀旁[li4 dao1 pang2] / see also 側刀旁|侧刀旁[ce4 dao1 pang2]

enclosure

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

Character component without intrinsic meaning

big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]) / greatly; freely; fully / (dialect) father / (dialect) uncle (father's brother)

just before parting

on parting / facing separation

to face childbirth / about to give birth / refers esp. to the onset of regular contractions

dying (from illness) / facing death / on one's deathbed

to befall

to be at the scene (sitting for an exam, performing, competing, giving directions etc) / firsthand (experience) / impromptu (remarks etc)

facing execution

at the last moment / right at the end

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu / also Linxia City and Linxia County

Lincheng county in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2 tai2], Hebei

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture in Gansu

Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture (abbr. for 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1])

Linxia County in Linxia Hui Autonomous Prefecture 臨夏回族自治州|临夏回族自治州[Lin2 xia4 Hui2 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Gansu

to copy (a model of calligraphy or painting)

words of advice on parting

Lin county in Lüliang 呂梁|吕梁[Lü3 liang2], Shanxi 山西

(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis

to sacrifice one's life in a crisis

Lincheng county in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2 tai2], Hebei

the feeling of actually being there