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背水の陣
Hiragana
はいすいのじん
Phrase
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
退路を断って、決死の覚悟で事に当たること。
Easy Japanese Meaning
にげる道をなくして、まけたらおわりというつよいおもいでたたかうこと
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
在无退路的情况下决一死战 / 破釜沉舟 / 孤注一掷
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
無退路的決戰 / 孤注一擲 / 破釜沉舟的行動
Korean Meaning
퇴로를 끊고 결전을 벌이는 전략 / 물러설 수 없는 처지에서 사생결단으로 임함 / 올인하는 벼랑 끝 승부
Indonesian
bertarung habis-habisan tanpa jalan mundur / langkah nekat dengan mempertaruhkan segalanya
Vietnamese Meaning
quyết chiến không đường lui / được ăn cả, ngã về không / liều một phen, dốc toàn lực
Tagalog Meaning
Labanang walang atrasan / Sumugal nang todo / Todo o wala
Sense(1)
burning one's boats; going for broke
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背水の陣
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He staked all his assets and burned his boats to start a new business.
He staked all his assets and burned his boats to start a new business.
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彼は新しいビジネスを始めるために、全財産を投じて背水の陣を敷いた。
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