死中
し
ちゅ
う
Meanings
1
fatal situation; in the midst of death
Almost exclusively used in the idiom 死中に活を求める (to seek life in the midst of death; to find a way out of a desperate situation). Rarely appears outside this fixed expression.
They carried out the dangerous operation, seeking a way out of a desperate situation.
The phrase 死中に活を求める is used in a hopeless situation.
Expressions
- 死中に活を求めるfind a way out of a desperate situation; snatch life from the jaws of death