「置諸死地而後生 / 置之死地而後生」
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| Individual Character Meaning： |
置 to place; to put; to set; to lay; to add; to handle; to deal with; to regard; to purchase; to buy 諸 all; every; various; from 死 to die; inflexible; to fail; unable to coexist; fixed; rigid; stiff; same old same old; literally: damned; to malfunction; to break down; very; extremely; to insist; to be stubborn 地 land; -ly; ground; field; floor; place; locality; area 而 and; as well as; moreover; but 後 back; after; behind; rear; last; afterwards; later; post- 生 raw; to give birth; uncooked; alive; Mr.; life; birth; grow; learner; to give birth to; to bear; to grow up; to grow; to cause; to give rise to |
| Part of Speech： | expression |
| Explanation： |
to confront a person with the danger of death to an extent that he will fight to live
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| Synonym： | Synonym： 破釜沉舟 背水一戰 |
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