"Imminent" • Chinese-English Dictionary
| 在即 | zài jí | near at hand / imminent / within sight |   |
| 当头 | dāng tóu | coming right into one's face / imminent / to put first | |
| 迫在眉睫 | pò zài méi jié | pressing in on one's eyelashes (idiom) / imminent | |
| 指日可待 | zhǐ rì kě dài | imminent / just around the corner (idiom) | |
| 即将来临 | jí jiāng lái lín | imminent | |
| 近在眼前 | jìn zài yǎn qián | right under one's nose / right in front of one's eyes / close at hand / imminent | |
| 临头 | lín tóu | to befall / to be imminent | |
| 千钧一发 | qiān jūn yī fà | a thousand pounds hangs by a thread (idiom) / imminent peril / a matter of life or death | |
| 濒危 | bīn wēi | endangered (species) / in imminent danger / critically ill | |
| 岌岌可危 | jí jí kě wēi | imminent danger (idiom) / approaching a crisis | |
| 危在旦夕 | wēi zài dàn xī | in imminent peril (idiom) / on the brink of crisis | |
| 朝不保夕 | zhāo bù bǎo xī | at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth | |
| 朝不虑夕 | zhāo bù lu:4 xī | at dawn, not sure of lasting to evening (idiom) / precarious state / imminent crisis / living from hand to mouth | |
| 大祸临头 | dà huò lín tóu | facing imminent catastrophe / calamity looms / all hell will break loose | |
| 厝火积薪 | cuò huǒ jī xīn | lit. to put a fire under a pile of firewood (idiom) / fig. hidden danger / imminent danger | |
| 大难临头 | dà nàn lín tóu | to be facing imminent calamity (idiom) / disaster is looming | |
