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破釜沉舟
 
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pò fǔ chén zhōu
  • lit. to break the cauldrons and sink the boats (idiom)
  • fig. to cut off one's means of retreat
  • to burn one's boats

破釜沉舟 pò fǔ chén zhōu

破釜沉舟
1 秦末项羽与秦军战于钜鹿,项羽为使士卒拼死战斗,渡河之后,即将渡船弄沉,釜甑打破,以断绝士兵后退的念头。典出《史记.卷七.项羽本纪》。引申为做事果决、义无反顾。明.史可法〈请出师讨贼疏〉:「我即卑宫菲食,尝胆卧薪,聚才智之精神,枕戈待旦,合方州之物力,破釜沉舟,尚恐无救于事。」也作「破釜沉船」、「沉舟破釜」、「船沉钜鹿」。

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