置之死地而后生

zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng

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Định nghĩa

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

Từ cấu thành 置之死地而后生

• 之 之 zhī: (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de])
• 后 后 hòu: empress
• 地 地 de: -ly
• 地 地 dì: earth
• 死 死 sǐ: to die
• 生 生 shēng: to be born
• 置 置 zhì: to install
• 而 而 ér: and
• 后生 后生 hòu shēng: young generation
• 置之死地 置之死地 zhì zhī sǐ dì: to place sb on field of death
• 而后 而后 ér hòu: after that