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The character "濒" originates from its traditional form "瀕", which combines the water radical "氵" with the component "頻", itself constructed from "步" indicating a step and "頁" representing the head, a structure that initially conveyed the act of walking to the water's edge and thus literal proximity to a river or shore. Over time, its meaning expanded from physical nearness to water into a more abstract sense of being on the verge of any state, such as danger or extinction. The simplified form "濒" retains the water radical while replacing "頻" with "宾", a phonetic component that streamlines the character's structure without departing from its essential concept of immediacy or closeness to a threshold.
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河流濒临干涸。
这种植物濒危了。
公司濒临破产。
他濒死时被救了。
海岸线濒临污染。
濒危物种需要保护。
由于过度捕捞，许多鱼类濒临灭绝。
在濒临崩溃的边缘，他找到了希望。