置之死地 zhì zhī sǐ dì

DEFINITIONS

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

CHARACTERS

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