孤注一掷 (gū zhù yī zhī) — to put all one's eggs in one basket; to stake everything on one final attempt

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Exemplos

• 他这次投资简直是孤注一掷。
  Tā zhè cì tóu zī jiǎn zhí shì gū zhù yī zhī.
  This investment of his is basically putting all his eggs in one basket.
• 比赛到了最后关头，我们只能孤注一掷了。
  Bǐ sài dào le zuì hòu guān tóu, wǒ men zhǐ néng gū zhù yī zhī le.
  The competition is at the last moment — we can only stake everything on this move.
• 创业时他把所有积蓄都投了进去，真是孤注一掷。
  Chuàng yè shí tā bǎ suǒ yǒu jī xù dōu tóu le jìn qù, zhēn shì gū zhù yī zhī.
  When starting his business, he put all his savings into it — a real roll of the dice.