臨危不亂

简 临危不乱 · 繁 臨危不亂
Cantonese · source Jyutpinglam4 ngai4 bat1 lyun6

Meanings

  1. Unruffled in the face of danger
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Same syllable, six tones

lamlam1—lam2—lam3—林lam4woods廪lam5government granarylam6—
ngaingai1—ngai2—ngai3—危ngai4danger蚁ngai5trouble艺ngai6skill
bat不bat1notbat2—bat3—bat4—bat5—拔bat6to pull up

Characters whose customary Unihan reading (kCantonese) is this syllable in each tone, chosen as in the tone atlas (2013 standard level, then the number of CC-CEDICT words they form), with CC-Canto 2017's meaning for that reading; a dash means no catalogue character has that reading. Checked syllables (-p, -t, -k) normally carry tones 1, 3 and 6. Character readings, not word readings; no frequency implied.

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CC-Canto includes this pinyin reference: lin2 wei1 bu4 luan4. It does not establish a Mandarin word with the same meaning.

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lam4 ngai4 bat1 lyun6

Cantonese word readings for 臨危不亂. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) to remain calm when faced with a dangerous situation

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Exact source record & identity臨危不亂 临危不乱 [lin2 wei1 bu4 luan4] {lam4 ngai4 bat1 lyun6} /Unruffled in the face of danger/

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