Daily Chinese Idiom Guessing Game
The critical moment between life and death; a matter of survival or ruin.
生存或者死亡。形容局势或斗争的的发展已到最后关头。
《左传·定公十五年》夫礼,死生存亡之体也。”
The company's future hangs in the balance during this merger—it's a matter of life or death.