临危受命
Traditional form:
臨危受命
Pinyin (reading):
línwēishòumìng
Definitions:
- (idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
Characters:
- 临 - to draw near, to approach; to descend
- 危 - dangerous, precarious; high
- 受 - to receive, to get, to accept; to bear
- 命 - life; destiny, fate, luck; an order, instruction
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