zhì zhī sǐ dì
to place sb on field of death
to confront with mortal danger
to give sb no way out
with one's back to the wall
looking death in the eye
part of idiom 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生
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
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