► 成句
背水の陣 [(6)はいすいのじん] meaning: difficult rank: 4
☆ 〇勝三敗の彼等は背水の陣を敷いた ⇨ Lead by 0-3, facing elimination, they took a position facing a river. They got ready for a fight to the death (☛ An allusion to the story that Chinese army once fought and beat the enemy with a river behind, making retreating impossible even if they wanted to)