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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 置之死地而後生 [ㄓˋ ㄓ ㄙˇ ㄉㄧˋ ㄦˊ ㄏㄡˋ ㄕㄥ; zhi4 zhi1 si3 di4 er2 hou4 sheng1]
 place sb on field of death and he will fight to live (common saying based on Sunzi's Art of War 孫子兵法); to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger
 fig. to find a way out of an impasse
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