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)

一

yī

one

着

zhāo

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

不

bù

no; not so

慎

shèn

old variant of 慎[shen4]

,

,

满

mǎn

to fill

盘

pán

tray; plate; dish

皆

jiē

all

输

shū

to lose; to be beaten