Taiwan Mandarin

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瀕臨

bīn lín·ㄅㄧㄣㄌㄧㄣˊ

“on the verge of; close to; on the edge of; about to reach or experience something, often something critical or final.”

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bīn·ㄅㄧㄣ

To be near; to border on; to approach; to be on the verge of; to be imminent.

lín·ㄌㄧㄣˊ

to face; to arrive; to overlook from a height; to approach; to be about to; to copy from a model