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臨到

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Mandarin · pinyin lín dào

to befall

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到: dào · go to, arrive, been to
临: lín · draw near, approach; descend

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2–4 · lin2 dao4

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verb

to draw near to (a time, place, event, etc.); to approach
to come upon; to fall on; to befall

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