鱼死网破

Traditional form:

魚死網破

Pinyin (reading):

yúsǐwǎngpò

Definitions:

• lit. either the fish dies or the net splits
• a life and death struggle (idiom)

Characters:

• 鱼 - fish
• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 网 - net; network
• 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy

Traditional characters:

• 魚 - fish
• 死 - dead; death; impassable, inflexible
• 網 - net; network
• 破 - to break, to rout; to ruin, to destroy