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成敗在此一舉

简成败在此一举 · 繁成敗在此一舉

Mandarin · pinyin chéng bài zài cǐ yī jǔ

success or failure depends on this single action; win or lose, it all ends here; this is the make-or-break moment

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成: chéng · completed, finished, fixed
敗: Look up this written character
在: zài · be at, in, on; consist in, rest
此: cǐ · this, these; in this case, then
一: yī · one; a, an; alone
舉: Look up this written character
败: bài · be defeated, decline, fail
举: jǔ · raise, lift up; recommend

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2–4–4–3–1–3 · cheng2 bai4 zai4 ci3 yi1 ju3

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sing4 baai6 zoi6 ci2 jat1 geoi2

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