背城借一

bui3 sing4 ze3 jat1

to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch · to put up a desperate struggle

Meanings

  1. to make a last-ditch stand before the city wall (idiom); to fight to the last ditch
  2. to put up a desperate struggle

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