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死地

sǐdì
noun #9,310

Meanings

  1. 1 deathtrap; fatal position
  2. 2 desperate situation with no way out

Examples

HSK 4
敌人想把我们赶到死地。
Dírén xiǎng bǎ wǒmen gǎn dào sǐdì.
The enemy wanted to drive us into a fatal position.
HSK 6
他们被逼入了死地。
Tāmen bèi bī rù le sǐdì.
They were forced into a deathtrap.
HSK 7-9
置之死地而后生。
Zhì zhī sǐdì érhòu shēng.
Put someone in a desperate situation and they will fight to survive.

Tips

history
置之死地而后生 is from Sun Tzu's Art of War - the idea that soldiers fight hardest when there's no retreat. 死地 originally referred to terrain where an army has no escape route.

Stroke Order

死 sǐ
地 dì