魚死網破 yú sǐ wǎng pò

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. either the fish dies or the net splits
  2. a life and death struggle (idiom)

CHARACTERS

魚 yú fish; surname; KangXi radical 195
死 sǐ die; dead; death
網 wǎng net, web; network
破 pò break, ruin, destroy; rout