置之死地 in English zhi4 zhi1 si3 di4 Meaning

Meanings

• to place somebody on field of death
• to confront with mortal danger
• to give somebody no way out
• with one's back to the wall
• looking death in the eye
• part of idiomatic expression 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生

Pinyin

zhi4 zhi1 si3 di4

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

置zhi4to install 之zhi1(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) 死si3to die 地di4-ly