一着不慎,满盘皆输

yī zhāo bù shèn , mǎn pán jiē shū

One careless move and the whole game is lost. (idiom)

one

zhāo

a move in chess (Taiwan pr. [zhuo2])

no; not so

shèn

old variant of 慎[shen4]

,

mǎn

to fill

pán

tray; plate; dish

jiē

all

shū

to lose; to be beaten