a great calamity is at hand

a great calamity is at hand

A Chinese idiom, pronounced D à n à NL í NT ó u, refers to a great disaster. From Chuang Tzu autumn water.

Analysis of Idioms

Antonym: double happiness, overjoyed, overjoyed

Idiom usage

He seemed to have had a disaster. He stuttered and his voice trembled. Lu Xun's wandering brothers

The origin of Idioms

Chuang Tzu's autumn water, written by Zhuang Zhou in the Warring States period, Song Dynasty, said: "those who are not afraid of great difficulties are the bravery of sages."