bù​shì​yú​sǐ​jiù​shì​wǎng​pò

a life-and-death struggle

不是鱼死就是网破 不是魚死就是網破 bù​shì​yú​sǐ​jiù​shì​wǎng​pò
a life-and-death struggle
Literally "either the fish dies or the net gets torn"; describes a situation where two sides fight so fiercely that one must be destroyed.

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