置之死地而后生

zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng

Raro

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Definições

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

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

empress

-ly

earth

to die

to be born

to install

and

young generation

to place sb on field of death

after that