孤注一擲 (gu1 zyu3 jat1 zaak6) — to put all one's eggs in one basket in Cantonese

guˉ¹zyu˗₃jatˉ¹zaakˍ₆
孤注一掷
Mandarin Pinyin: gu1 zhu4 yi1 zhi4

Meaning of 孤注一擲

nounto put all one's eggs in one basket
noun(idiom) To put all someone's has in the last change (to neither success nor loss)

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