Definitions

1. 1. 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
2. 2. fig. to find a way out of an impasse

Components

• 置之死地 zhì zhī sǐ dì – to place sb on field of death
• 而后 ér hòu – after that
• 生 shēng – to be born