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孤注一掷
gū​zhù​yī​zhì

to risk everything on a single venture

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 孤注 gū​zhù
    last stake
    (bound form) the final stake in gambling; to put all one's resources into a single last-ditch effort, similar to the phrase "to put all one's eggs in one basket"
  2. 一 yī numeral
    one
    one; the number 1; single; alone
  3. 掷 擲 zhì verb
    to throw
    to throw; to cast; to fling; to hurl; to toss