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乾坤一擲 (kenkonitteki) Japanese meaning | Kotomora
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負ぶ
に
出で
た
。
He staked everything on one big gamble.
With a do-or-die resolve, he launched the new venture.
Kanji 坤 divination sign, land, earth Related words 一いち か 八ばち か More casual and colloquial, meaning 'sink or swim' or 'take a chance', without the formal, literary weight of 乾坤一擲.
背はい 水すい の 陣じん Also a yojijukugo, meaning 'burn one's boats' or 'fight with one's back to the river', emphasizing a desperate, no-retreat situation rather than the act of staking everything.
Etymology From Chinese, literally 'heaven and earth in one throw'. 乾坤 (heaven and earth) represents the entire world or one's fate, and 一擲 (one throw) refers to a single cast of dice, thus risking everything on one decisive act.
