臨陣

临

臨

lín

阵

陣

zhèn

just before the battle / to approach the front line

Characters and words in 臨陣

临

臨

lín = li + (e)n2

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

临 = 刂 + 大 + 囗 + 丨 : In the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), the robot (大) oversees (临) his army by standing on a huge wooden box (囗). The box is only able to carry his weight because it has been reinforced using a dinosaur bone (丨) acting as a pillar. Just as the robot is about to (临) wave his kitchen knife (刂) into the direction his troops should charge, Li Qingzhao (li) shows up and kicks away the dinosaur bone, causing the robot to fall off his box.

阵

陣

zhèn = zh + (e)n4

disposition of troops / wave / spate / burst / spell / short period of time / classifier for events or states of short duration

阵 = 车 + 阝 : James II of England (zh) and the pope (阝) were supposed to be in the army's very first attack wave (阵) driving a red cabriolet (车), but somehow they got lost and ended up in the encampment's bathroom ((e)n4).