Word
| HSK | Not in HSK |
|---|---|
| FREQUENCY | 56674th word |
DEFINITIONS
- 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
- fig. to find a way out of an impasse
CHARACTERS
| 置 zhì | place, lay out; set aside |
| 之 zhī | marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to |
| 死 sǐ | die; dead; death |
| 地 dì | earth; soil, ground; region |
| 而 ér | and; and then; and yet; but |
| 后 hòu | queen, empress, sovereign; (simp. for 後) behind, rear, after |
| 生 shēng | life, living, lifetime; birth |