乾坤一掷
qián​kūn​yī​zhì

to stake everything on a single throw

  • created sense approved 乾坤一掷/乾坤一擲 · qián​kūn​yī​zhì · to stake everything on a single throw — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    乾坤 (literal) → 乾坤 · qián​kūn · the universe 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 掷 (literal) → 掷/擲 · zhì · to throw

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