絕ㄐㄩㄝˊjué處ㄔㄨˋchù逢ㄈㄥˊféng生ㄕㄥshēng

  1. 在毫無辦法之下又得生路。《喻世明言·卷一八·楊八老越國奇逢》：「死中得活因災退，絕處逢生遇救來。」《鏡花緣·第二八回》：「今遇列位，雖是他絕處逢生，那要害此女的，豈止億萬。」似化險為夷、轉危為安反走投無路

英to come back from death's door (idiom)​; unexpected rescue from danger, fig. to recover from a seemingly impossible situation, to find a way out of a predicament