Definition 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

Idiom It originally meant that when the army was placed in a situation where it was impossible to retreat and only died in battle, soldiers would march forward courageously and kill the enemy to win / The latter metaphor is to cut off the path of retreat in advance, you can make up your mind and achieve success

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