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This time, we present the Chinese idiom 「背水一戰」, with its definition and usage detailed below.
Back to the water: facing away from the water, indicating no way out. A metaphor for fighting a decisive battle with the enemy.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
bèi shuǐ yī zhàn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
bui3 seui2 yat1 jin3
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