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乾坤一掷
qián​kūn​yī​zhì

to stake everything on a single throw

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乾坤一掷 乾坤一擲 qián​kūn​yī​zhì
to stake everything on a single throw
To risk everything on one final decisive effort, often used to describe a battle for control of a country or a last-ditch gamble with all of one's assets; literally to gamble the universe on a single throw