置之死地

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zhì zhī sǐ dì

Definition

to place sb on field of death
to confront with mortal danger
to give sb no way out
with one's back to the wall
looking death in the eye
part of idiom 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生

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置之死地而後生

zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng

place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger; (fig.) to find a way out of an impasse

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