置之死地 meaning - Chinese-English Dictionary

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MEANING OF 置之死地

置之死地

Definition 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

Idiom Intentionally put people in a situation where they cannot survive

Usage

中文释义有意使人处于无法生存下去的境地。

Characters 置 zhì 之 zhī 死 sǐ 地 de/dì

COMMON WORDS WITH 置之死地
	置之死地而后生 ( 置之死地而後生 ) zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng 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 ( 置之死地而後生 )

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