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HSK	Not in HSK
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置之死地而後生 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
fig. to find a way out of an impasse

置 zhì HSK 5	place, lay out; set aside
之 zhī HSK 4	marks preceding phrase as modifier of following phrase; it, him her, them; go to
死 sǐ HSK 4	die; dead; death
地 dì HSK 3	earth; soil, ground; region
而 ér HSK 3	and; and then; and yet; but
後 hòu	behind, rear, after; descendents
生 shēng HSK 1	life, living, lifetime; birth