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chén zhōu
qín zhāo nián xiàng dòng le
pàn luàn
zài duì guò zhāng zhī hòu
xiàng mìng lìng shì bīng suǒ yǒu de
chuán zhǐ záo chén dào
zài zhǔ fàn guō wán quán suì
xiàng gěi měi rén zhǐ sān tiān
de liáng shí rán hòu zài shàng zhàn cháng
zhè yáng zuò shì wèi le xiàng
jiā biǎo shì níng tuì de
退
jué xīn
guǒ rán jīng guò jiǔ de liè
fèn zhàn xiàng de jūn duì zhōng
bài le qín guó de jūn duì
hòu lái men shǐ yòng
使
chén zhōu xià dìng jué xīn
de jué xiū de
jīng shén
 
In the late years of the Qin Dynasty (秦朝,221 - 206BC), Xiang Yu (项羽) launched a rebellion. 
After crossing the Zhang River (漳河), Xiang Yu ordered his soldiers to sink all the boats and break their cooking pots.
He distributed each soldier three days' rations and warned them that there was no way return; the only thing they could do to survive was to fight against the enemy.
After nine furious war, the Qin army was finally defeated.
This idiom is used to reveal one's strong determination to achieve one's goal at any cost.
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