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置之死地

zhì zhī sǐ dì

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Definitions

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

Words Containing 置之死地

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[sūn zǐ bīng fǎ]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger

Child Words of 置之死地

地
de

-ly

死
sǐ

to die

地
dì

earth

置
zhì

to install

之
zhī

(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])