置之死地
置之死地
zhì zhī sǐ dì
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
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- (verb) 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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Related Words
置之死地而后生(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|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger
→不免一死(bù miǎn yī sǐ)— cannot avoid being killed
→不自由，毋宁死(bù zì yóu , wú nìng sǐ)— give me liberty or give me death
→一切就绪(yī qiè jiù xù)— everything in its place and ready (idiom)
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