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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[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger / fig. to find a way out of an impasse

Characters and words in 置之死地而後生

zhì = zh + Ø4
to install / to place / to put / to buy
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to place sb on field of death / to confront with mortal danger / to give sb no way out / with one's back to the wall / looking death in the eye / part of idiom 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生
zhī = zh + Ø1
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) / him / her / it
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= s + Ø3
to die / impassable / uncrossable / inflexible / rigid / extremely / damned
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de = d + e5
-ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct
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= di + Ø4
earth / ground / field / place / land / CL:片[pian4]
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ér = Ø + Ø2
and / as well as / and so / but (not) / yet (not) / (indicates causal relation) / (indicates change of state) / (indicates contrast)
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after that / then
hòu = h + ou4
back / behind / rear / afterwards / after / later / post-
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young generation / youth / young man
shēng = sh + (e)ng1
to be born / to give birth / life / to grow / raw / uncooked / student
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Words with 置之死地而後生

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Sentences with 置之死地而後生

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