to shed one's mortal body and exchange one's bones (idiom) / born again Daoist / to turn over a new leaf / fig. to change wholly / to create from other material (story, artwork etc)
死里逃生
sǐ lǐ táo shēng
mortal danger, escape alive (idiom) / a narrow escape / to survive by the skin of one's teeth
place sb on a field of death and he will fight to live (idiom based on Sunzi's "The Art of War" 孫子兵法|孙子兵法[Sun1 zi3 Bing1 fa3]) / to fight desperately when confronting mortal danger / fig. to find a way out of an impasse
三魂七魄
sān hún qī pò
three immortal souls and seven mortal forms in Daoism, contrasting the spiritual and carnal side of man
碎心裂胆
suì xīn liè dǎn
in mortal fear (idiom)
置之死地
zhì zhī sǐ dì
to place sb on field of death / to confront with mortal danger / to give sb no way out / with one's back to the wall / looking death in the eye / part of idiom 置之死地而後生|置之死地而后生
pò