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背水の陣；背水之陣 [rK]
【はいすいのじん】

[exp,n] [id]
▶ fighting with one's back to the wall
▶ having burnt one's bridges
▶ last stand
▶ last-ditch effort

Cross references:
	⇐ see: 1956490 陣【じん】 1. battle formation

History:

10.	A 2022-09-23 23:55:37 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
9.	A* 2022-09-22 23:29:22 Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	gg5, wisdom
	Comments:	The expl gloss should be a note but I don't think it's needed.
	Diff:	@@ -21 +21 @@ -<gloss g_type="expl">from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing</gloss> +<gloss>last-ditch effort</gloss>
8.	A 2022-09-22 02:51:06 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
7.	A* 2022-09-21 23:41:26
	Diff:	@@ -15,0 +16 @@ +<pos>&n;</pos>
6.	A 2022-09-21 21:12:06 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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5.	A* 2022-09-21 19:24:27 Stephen Kraus <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	Google N-gram Corpus Counts ╭─ーーーーーーー─┬────────┬───────╮ │ 背水の陣　　　 │ 66,127 │ 99.1% │ │ 背水之陣　　　 │ 166 │ 0.2% │ 🡠 adding (jitenon, shinmeikai yoji, gakken yoji) │ はいすいのじん │ 450 │ 0.7% │ ╰─ーーーーーーー─┴────────┴───────╯
	Diff:	@@ -5,0 +6,4 @@ +</k_ele> +<k_ele> +<keb>背水之陣</keb> +<ke_inf>&rK;</ke_inf>
4.	A 2018-01-09 07:30:17 Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
	Diff:	@@ -11,0 +12 @@ +<misc>&id;</misc>
3.	A 2013-09-15 12:08:54 Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
	Comments:	The metaphor may be Chinese but the expression isn't.
	Diff:	@@ -12,1 +12,0 @@ -<lsource xml:lang="chi"/>
2.	A* 2013-09-15 07:00:49 Nils Roland Barth <...address hidden...>
	Refs:	daijr koj en:WP https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chu– Han_Contention#Cultural_references
	Comments:	Explanation of Chinese origin; “back to the wall” is most idiomatic (nuances vary a bit), and “bridges” is more common than “boats” in English.
	Diff:	@@ -12,0 +12,3 @@ +<lsource xml:lang="chi"/> +<gloss>fighting with one's back to the wall</gloss> +<gloss>having burnt one's bridges</gloss> @@ -13,1 +16,1 @@ -<gloss>having burnt one's boats</gloss> +<gloss g_type="expl">from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing</gloss>
1.	A 2003-12-03 00:00:00
	Comments:	Entry created

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