临 门 一 脚

lín mén yī jiǎodictionary entry

to try to score (a goal) / final push (at a critical juncture) / the final leg of sth

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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

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Original source entry:

臨門一腳 临门一脚 [lin2 men2 yi1 jiao3] /to try to score (a goal)/final push (at a critical juncture)/the final leg of sth/

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Other forms in these source records: 臨門一腳

临
lín
to face / to overlook / to arrive / to be (just) about to / just before
门
mén
gate / door / doorway / gateway / opening (CL:扇[shàn]) / valve / switch / other door-like or gate-like structure / way to do sth / knack / method / approach / family / household / lineage / (bound form) sect / school / faction (religious or academic) / (bound form) class / category / division / phylum / classifier for courses, fields of study, branches of technology, relatives by marriage, guns etc / (suffix) -gate (scandal)
Mén
surname Men
一
yī
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire / whole / all / throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yāo] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit
脚
jiǎo
foot / leg (of an animal or an object) / base (of an object) / CL:雙|双[shuāng],隻|只[zhī] / classifier for kicks
jué
role (variant of 角[jué])

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