背水の陣
Japanese
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背 | 水 | 陣 |
はい Grade: 6 | すい Grade: 1 | じん Grade: S |
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背水之陣 |
Etymology
Calque of Literary Chinese 背水陣 (originally 背水陳, literally "arrange the battle array with soldiers' back to the river". 陳/陈 (chén) is an ancient variant of 陣/阵 (zhèn)), from the Records of the Grand Historian.
Compare modern Chinese 背水一戰/背水一战 (bèishuǐ-yīzhàn).
Pronunciation
- (Tokyo) はいすいのじん [hàísúí nó jíꜜǹ] (Nakadaka – [6])[1]
- IPA(key): [ha̠isɨᵝi no̞ (d͡)ʑĩɴ]
Idiom
背水の陣 • (haisui no jin) ←はいすいのぢん (faisuinodin)?
- burning one's boats; going for broke
Derived terms
- 背水の陣を敷く (haisui no jin o shiku, “to burn one's boats”)
References
- 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN