焚舟破釜 fén zhōu pò fǔ
fén zhōu pò fǔ
set phrase
burn the boats and breaks the cooking-pots; move decisively, leaving no path for retreat
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: Quote: idiom from the Warring States period text 孫子兵法 “Art of War” by Sunzi, section 10 (retranslated from tr. by Giles 1910, p. 133; Guoyu '焚舟破釜')
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- 卷九十九 列傳第五十九 二凶 Volume 99 Biographies 59: Er Xiong Book of Song 宋書 — count: 1
- 孫子兵法 The Art of War by Sunzi Art of War 孫子兵法 — count: 1