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

= + + + : In the encampment's kitchen ((e)n2), the robot (大) oversees (临) his army by standing on a huge wooden box (囗). The box is only able to carry his weight because it has been reinforced using a dinosaur bone (丨) acting as a pillar. Just as the robot is about to (临) wave his kitchen knife (刂) into the direction his troops should charge, Li Qingzhao (li) shows up and kicks away the dinosaur bone, causing the robot to fall off his box.

臨 character breakdown

(bound form) article; commodity; product; goods / (bound form) grade; rank / kind; type; variety / character; disposition; nature; temperament / to taste sth; to sample / to criticize; to comment; to judge; to size up / fret (on a guitar or lute)

= : Pocahontas (pi) is watching a pyramid of oranges (mnemonic symbol for 品) in the encampment's living room ((e)n3). She wants to sample (品) one, and just as she takes one from the base, the whole commodity (品) collapses.
to lie / to crouch

= + : Willy Walrus (w) has become the new master of the observatory's servant (臣). In the bathroom (o4) Willy Walrus sits at the top of a voodoo staff (卜) which he is balancing on the spot between the servant's shoulders while the servant has to do push-ups (卧).

Characters with 臨 as component

臨 is not used as a component in another character.

Words with 臨

on parting / facing separation
just before parting
dying (from illness) / facing death / on one's deathbed
to be at the scene (sitting for an exam, performing, competing, giving directions etc) / firsthand (experience) / impromptu (remarks etc)
facing execution
at the last moment / right at the end
Lincheng county in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2 tai2], Hebei
(idiom) to take on a leadership role at a time of crisis
to sacrifice one's life in a crisis
to go personally to consult subordinates (of a high official)
Lincheng county in Xingtai 邢台[Xing2 tai2], Hebei
to visit places famous for their scenery
to overlook / to watch from above
Advent (Christian period of 4 weeks before Christmas)
Whit Sunday (Christian Festival celebrating the Holy Spirit)
with back to the mountain and facing the water (favored location)

Sentences with 臨

臨 currently does not appear in any sentence.