臨危不亂

Chinese

		to face death or deadly peril; to be approaching one's end; to have one foot in the grave to face death or deadly peril; to be approaching one's end; to have one foot in the grave; to be dying from illness	not; no	in confusion; disorderly
trad. (臨危不亂)		臨危	不	亂
simp. (临危不乱)		临危	不	乱

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): línwēibùluàn, línwéibùluàn

  (Zhuyin): ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄟ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ, ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): lam⁴ ngai⁴ bat¹ lyun⁶

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línwēibùluàn [Phonetic: línwēibúluàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄟ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línweibùluàn
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-wei¹-pu⁴-luan⁴
    • Yale: lín-wēi-bù-lwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linueibuluann
    • Palladius: линьвэйбулуань (linʹvɛjbuluanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ weɪ̯⁵⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lu̯än⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese, standard in Taiwan; dated variant in Mainland)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: línwéibùluàn [Phonetic: línwéibúluàn]
    • Zhuyin: ㄌㄧㄣˊ ㄨㄟˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄌㄨㄢˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: línwéibùluàn
    • Wade–Giles: lin²-wei²-pu⁴-luan⁴
    • Yale: lín-wéi-bù-lwàn
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: linweibuluann
    • Palladius: линьвэйбулуань (linʹvɛjbuluanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lin³⁵ weɪ̯³⁵ pu⁵¹⁻³⁵ lu̯än⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: lam⁴ ngai⁴ bat¹ lyun⁶
    • Yale: làhm ngàih bāt lyuhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: lam⁴ ngai⁴ bat⁷ lyn⁶
    • Guangdong Romanization: lem⁴ ngei⁴ bed¹ lün⁶
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /lɐm²¹ ŋɐi̯²¹ pɐt̚⁵ lyːn²²/

Idiom

臨危不亂

1. to remain calm when faced with a dangerous situation

   未雨綢繆才能臨危不亂。 [MSC, trad.]
   未雨绸缪才能临危不乱。 [MSC, simp.]

   Wèiyǔchóumóu cái néng línwēibùluàn. [Pinyin]

   Only by taking precautions can you remain calm in the face of danger.