seek life in the midst of death
Survival in death is an idiom, pronounced s ǐ zh ō nqi ú sh ē ng, which means struggling to survive.
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Biography of Gongsun in the book of the later Han Dynasty
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Struggle to survive.
Chinese PinYin : sǐ zhōng qiú shēng
seek life in the midst of death
Appreciate and persuade the public. shǎng yī quàn zhòng
Resist the wolf and advance the tiger. jù láng jìn hǔ