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置之死地而后生
zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng
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Definitions
- 1. 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
- 2. fig. to find a way out of an impasse