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one careless move loses the whole game

  1. numeral
    one
    one; the number 1; single; alone
  2. move
    A move in a game like chess; a trick, tactic, or method.
  3. careless
    incautious; inattentive; careless; lacking sufficient attention or care
  4. mǎn
    non-Chinese
  5. to lose the whole game
    One careless move and the whole game is lost; used as an idiom to describe a total failure resulting from a single mistake