struggle in a desperate or hopeless situation for survival
In Chinese, Pinyin is s ǐ zh ō nqi ú Hu ó, which means to survive in death. From the book of the emperor.
Idiom explanation
seek life in the midst of death
Analysis of Idioms
Close synonym: survival from the dead, survival from the dead
The origin of Idioms
Wang Zhi of the Song Dynasty wrote in the book of the upper Emperor: "today, the blade invades the chest, and the fire forces the skin. To survive in death, we should find a strange plan."
Idiom usage
As predicate and object
Examples
Gao Yang's complete biography of Hu Xueyan: the red top merchant: "it's better to seize the food of the Taiping army. On the contrary, it's a way to survive in death."
struggle in a desperate or hopeless situation for survival
with a snub nose and a wry mouth -- a very ugly face - bí tā zuǐ wāi