Burn one's bridges What do you mean?

Cut off all retreat

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F Pei Chen Zhu

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Metaphor is determined to go all out.

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Without hesitation, the last battle will be fought to the death.

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Hesitate, hesitate, hesitate

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In the seventeenth chapter of The Romance of the Former Han Dynasty, Shen Zhou tried his best to kill the enemy, defeated the enemy and begged for mercy ... Han was the master of Qin, and he was unbeaten, that is, Qin did not perish. Moreover, all countries in Shandong province dare not fight against Han. With the determination to cross the rubicon and the strength to pull the mountain to lift the tripod, Du Yu walked on, won all nine games and left the king ... The defeat of Luoyang, the Qin general, did not break the demise of Yao's family in Chang 'an ... The laggards were beheaded. At this moment, when Volkswagen finished boarding the ship, the ships drifted away with the current and disappeared. It's like burning your bridges. Shen Yushi, the town villain, died and said, "We have lived in the south of the Yangtze River for a long time, and now we are at the north gate of Chang 'an, and we are home ..." Yong Zhengdi's eighty-ninth visit to Longkeduo was dead of night, and eight princes went to the palace to visit the Imperial Map ... Several princes had to temporarily live in Chengde. You have to tell Hiro that his eighth uncle will fight for the crown prince for him this time! "Cloud Sasakawa well said ..." Yong Zhengdi "back to ninety-eight, ministers kneel, Hou Sheng leisurely. The meeting of the emperor is really awesome ... my brother said that it seems that Lao Ba must do something. He called the kings to Beijing this time in order to cross the rubicon and restore the system of eight kings' co-governance. The third brother advised Yun Chan to be cautious, preferring to be a fisherman, and ... In the tenth time of Ming History, An Feng was rescued and helped the puppet Han Lord in Nanchang War ... which was comparable to an unusual war. I'm afraid this friend is ashamed and angry. He wants to cross the rubicon and fight to the death with Bird, so he made a masterpiece of warships. Each warship is divided into three levels and is about tens of feet high ... "Emperor Kangxi" Ten cowards pushed the prince to avoid disaster, blaming Huang Hongfa for being sealed by the emperor ... panic. But if you don't think you have done anything wrong, it's better to cross your mind and burn your bridges than to let others drag you down. So I said something to Shi, and I rushed to ouchi to see the prince ... In the seventy-fourth time of the Biography of the Tang Dynasty, Wuhou arrested more than 300 people in Dingshan, which was miserable ... you. " When Xue Gang heard this, he fainted to the ground, and it took him a long time to wake up and burst into tears. Wu Xiong said, "If you burn your bridges, it's no use crying. It is important to discuss a question of revenge. " Xue Gang said: "There was a waiting ... The first time in the Romance of the Republic of China 144, when the gold shop car was robbed, my brother was anxious and besieged ... Zhu was also good at rhetoric. At present, the remaining property has been sold, and four or five thousand yuan has been obtained. The house has been completely burned down, and there is also the heart of burning the boat. At the same time, he took out 500 yuan money and said to his wife, Cui Shi,' You are a famous family ... The labyrinth case of the Tang Dynasty-Chapter 18 ... Bite the hand that feeds you? Now I am a guilty person. I can't go back to the army and hide from the government. Only by burning one's bridges and following the leader can I live ... "..." History of Ming Dynasty, volume 274, Biography, page 162 ... I am humble, brave, smart, anxious, desperate and still in danger. It is not entirely true that ministers and I visited the temple for paintings and managed it with hundreds of deacons. General ... "Hundred Wars" Volume VI Yi Song cleared the way for the Chu army to quickly reach the Julu; Before the war, he used his desperate actions to inspire soldiers to establish the determination of "death without return" and fight bravely for the Chu army. ...