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置之死地而后生

zhì zhī sǐ dì ér hòu shēng

7-character word Traditional 置之死地而後生

What 置之死地而后生 means

1. (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" {孙子兵法|Sūn zǐ Bīng fǎ}) to deploy one's troops in such a way that there is no possibility of retreat, so that they will fight for their lives and win the battle; to fight desperately when confronted with mortal danger; to find a way to emerge from a dire situation

The characters in 置之死地而后生

• 置zhìto install; to place; to put
• 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的; him; her
• 死sǐto die; impassable; uncrossable
• 地dìearth; ground; field
• 而érand; as well as; and so
• 后hòuempress; queen; (archaic) monarch
• 生shēngto grow; to give birth; to produce; to be born; to arise; to occur; to light (a fire)