鬼门关

qióng rén jìn le shōu zū yuàn jiù xiàng shì jìn le guǐ mén guān

穷人进了收租院，就像是进了鬼门关。

For the poor peasants, to enter that rent-collection courtyard was like entering the gate of hell.

tā jiāng tā cóng guǐ mén guān lǐ jiù le chu lai

她将他从鬼门关里救了出来。

She had saved him from the jaws of death.