置之死地而后生
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Word: freq index 56255
[置之死地而後生]
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zhìzhīsǐdìérhòushēng
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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 fig. to find a way out of an impasse
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