| 孤注一掷 |
gū zhù yī zhì |
to stake all on one throw |
| 孤 |
gū |
lone / lonely |
| 注 |
zhù |
(bound form) to pour into; to flow into; to inject / (bound form) to focus (one's spirit, gaze etc) on a single point; to concentrate / (bound form) stake (in gambling) / classifier for stakes, sums of money, transactions or beams of light / variant of 注 |
| 注 |
zhù |
to annotate; to provide explanatory notes on a written text / an annotation; an explanatory note / (bound form) to put on record; to register |
| 一 |
yī |
one / single / a (article) / as soon as / entire; whole; all; throughout / "one" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 1) / also pr. [yao1] for greater clarity when spelling out numbers digit by digit |
| 掷 |
zhì |
to toss / to throw dice / Taiwan pr. [zhi2] |