struggle in a desperate or hopeless situation for survival(sǐ lǐ qiú shēng)

struggle in a desperate or hopeless situation for survival

Survival from the dead, Chinese idiom, Pinyin is s ǐ L ǐ Qi ú sh ē ng, meaning to survive in extremely dangerous situation. It comes from the biography of heroes and heroines by Wen Kang of Qing Dynasty.

Idiom explanation

To survive in a very dangerous situation.

Idiom usage

Examples

Some of the revolutionaries in the new army were determined to rise up in order to resist. Memories from the Sino Japanese War to the revolution of 1911 by Wu Yuzhang

The origin of Idioms

The 25th chapter of biography of children heroes written by Wen Kang of Qing Dynasty: "with my master father and daughter, I have spent a lot of energy to turn misfortune into happiness, survive from death and return to my hometown."

Idiom story

It is said that in ancient times, Chu people got a sword from other places and happily crossed the river home. When the boat reached the middle of the river, the two dragons made waves, and the whole boat was terrified. Cifei asked the boatman how to deal with it. The boatman thought that he had to wait for death. Zifei thought that he had to fight with Jiaolong to survive, so he jumped into the river and killed Jiaolong.

Chinese PinYin : sǐ lǐ qiú shēng