Correct
置于死地
/ zhì yú sǐ dì /
Strokes
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Collocation
1
不能置人于死地
2
置于死地而后快
3
把……（某人）置于死地
Definition
置于死地:
Literally means:
drive someone to dead end
Actually means:
置, put or place; 死地, a place where one cannot survive.
This phrase means throwing someone in a fatal position where he is doomed to die.
置，放。死地，指无法生存的地方。
置于死地，使人处在无法生存的境地。
Example
Used as predicate or attributive, and it can have other words in between. (作谓语、定语，中间可插入别的词语)
1
Zhège
这个
qiángdào
强盗
shēngxìng
生性
hěndú
狠毒
,
zǒngshì
总是
yào
要
bǎ
把
zhuībǔ
追捕
tā
他
de
的
jǐngchá
警察
suǒyǐ
所以
zhìyúsǐdì
置于死地
,
suǒyǐ
所以
yī
一
fāxiàn
发现
jǐngchá
警察
jiù
就
duìzhǔn
对准
nǎodài
脑袋
kāiqiāng
开枪
。
The robber was so vicious that he always put the policeman who was after him to death, so as soon as he found him, he shot him in the head.
2
Tā
他
juéde
觉得
,
zhège
这个
táofàn
逃犯
hái
还
bú
不
shi
是
zuìdàějí
罪大恶极
,
méiyǒu
没有
bìyào
必要
bǎ
把
tā
他
zhìyú
置于
sǐdì
死地
,
kěyǐ
可以
gěi
给
tā
他
liú
留
yī
一
tiáo
条
shēnglù
生路
。
He felt that the fugitive was not yet guilty and that there was no need to put him to death and to give him a way to live.
3
Shìchǎng
市场
de
的
jìngzhēng
竞争
shì
是
jīliè
激烈
de
的
、
cánkù
残酷
de
的
,
shènzhì
甚至
kěyǐ
可以
zhì
置
rén
人
yú
于
sǐdì
死地
。
The competition in the market is fierce and brutal, and can even put people to death.