一着不慎，满盘皆输 in English yi1 zhao1 bu4 shen4 , man3 pan2 jie1 shu1 Meaning

Meanings

  • One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiomatic expression)

Simplified Characters

一 着 不 慎 ， 满 盘 皆 输

Traditional Characters

一 著 不 慎 ， 滿 盤 皆 輸

Pinyin

yi1 zhao1 bu4 shen4 , man3 pan2 jie1 shu1

Literal

Literal explanation, with pronunciation and meaning of each character.

一yi1one 着zhe5(chess) move 不bu4(negative prefix) 慎shen4careful ， 满man3Manchu ethnic group 盘pan2plate 皆jie1all 输shu1to lose