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置之死地而后生
zhìzhīsǐdìérhòushēng
Traditional: 置之死地而後生
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<SūnzǐBīngfǎ>]]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger / fig. to find a way out of an impasse
Character Breakdown
置
zhì
to lay out, to place, to set aside
HSK 5
之
zhī
marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; to go to
HSK 4
死
sǐ
dead; death; impassable, inflexible
HSK 4
地
de
earth, ground, soil; land, region; structural particle used before a verb
HSK 3
而
ér
and, and then, and yet; but
HSK 3
后
hòu
after; behind, rear; descendants
HSK 1
生
shēng
life, lifetime; birth; growth
HSK 1
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