Definitions

1. 1. to place sb on field of death
2. 2. to confront with mortal danger
3. 3. to give sb no way out
4. 4. with one's back to the wall
5. 5. looking death in the eye
6. 6. part of idiom 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生

Components

• 置 zhì – to install
• 之 zhī – (possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5])
• 死 sǐ – to die
• 地 dì – earth

Related Words

• 置之死地而后生 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