- 临到
- líndàojust before; on the point of, befall; happen to* * *happen to; just before* * *happen to; just before* * *lín dàoprep. until, uplín dàov. befall, fall in, bechance* * *lin2 dao4to befall* * *临到lín dào(接近到) be about to; just before; on the point of:临到开会 when the meeting was about to begin;临到收获 as the time for harvest draws near(落到) befall; happen to:如什么意外的事临到他的头上, 可就糟了。 If anything should happen to him, that would be too bad.* * *臨到|临到 [lín dào] ► to befall
Chinese-English dictionary. Academic. 2013.