Translation

• to face
• to overlook
• to arrive
• to be (just) about to
• just before

Synonyms

• 临帖, 临摹, 影, 描, 描摹, 摹写
• 到, 到来, 来, 来临, 来到, 至, 莅, 赶到, 赶来, 过来, 驶来
• 临到, 临近, 傍, 凑, 凑拢, 凑近, 即, 守, 将近, 拢, 挨着, 挨近, 接近, 滨, 濒, 濒临, 濒于, 贴近, 走近, 身临其境, 近, 近乎, 邻近, 靠拢, 靠近, 驶近
• 到, 到时, 到期, 到点, 届, 届时, 届期, 截稿

Examples

• 临近圣诞。
  Christmas is approaching.
• 夜幕降临了！
  Night has fallen!
• 日本正面临著严重的经济问题。
  Japan is confronted with severe economic problems.
• 不幸降临到他的头上。
  A misfortune befell him.
• 他们都未能找到我们地球曾面临过的最严重的问题。
  They have both failed to find the most serious problem that has ever faced our planet.
• 经济萧条是一段时间内，当这样的经济活动普遍增长而造成的一种临时性
  Recession is a temporary falling off of business activity during a period when such activity is generally increasing.