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置之死地而后生

zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng
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Definitions

  1. 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. 2. fig. to find a way out of an impasse

Child Words of 置之死地而后生

之
zhī

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

后
hòu

empress

地
de

-ly

地
dì

earth

死
sǐ

to die

生
shēng

to be born

置
zhì

to install

而
ér

and

后生
hòu shēng

young generation

置之死地
zhì zhī sǐ dì

to place sb on field of death

而后
ér hòu

after that