焚舟破釜 fén zhōu pò fǔ

fén zhōu pò fǔ set phrase burn the boats and breaks the cooking-pots; move decisively, leaving no path for retreat
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Notes: Quote: idiom from the Warring States period text 孫子兵法 “Art of War” by Sunzi, section 10 (retranslated from tr. by Giles 1910, p. 133; Guoyu '焚舟破釜')