万ばん死し一いっ生しょう

noun

narrow escape from death; advancing in the face of death

A yojijukugo (four-character idiom) used to describe a situation where one barely survives a life-threatening danger, or the determination to press on despite the risk of death. Often used in literary or dramatic contexts.

• 彼かれは戦せん場じょうで万ばん死し一いっ生しょうの思おもいをした。

  He experienced a narrow escape from death on the battlefield.

• 万ばん死し一いっ生しょうの覚かく悟ごで敵てき陣じんに突とつ入にゅうした。

  With the determination to advance in the face of death, they charged into the enemy camp.