大限臨頭

facing the end (idiom); at the end of one's life / with one foot in the grave

see 大夫[dai4 fu5]

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

the limit / maximum / one's allocated lifespan

to limit / to restrict / (bound form) limit / bound

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

to befall / to be imminent

head / hair style / the top / end / beginning or end / a stub / remnant / chief / boss / side / aspect / first / leading / classifier for pigs or livestock / CL:個|个[ge4]

suffix for nouns