Tā zài zhànchǎng shàng zhuāng jiǎsǐ, cái déyǐ táotuō.
He feigned death on the battlefield and managed to escape.
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假死 is used both literally (an animal or person pretending to be dead) and in medical contexts for 'suspended animation' or clinical states resembling death. The verb form is 装假死 or 假装死亡.