智者千慮必有一失

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Chinese

wise man; man of wisdom; sage thousand anxiety
certainly; must; will
certainly; must; will; necessarily
 
to have; there is; there are
to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be
 
one; single; a
one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)
 
 to lose; to miss; to fail
trad. (智者千慮必有一失) 智者 千 慮 必 有 一 失
simp. (智者千虑必有一失) 智者 千 虑 必 有 一 失
Literally: “a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make one mistake”.

Pronunciation

Idiom

智者千慮必有一失

  1. (Hokkien) nobody is infallible

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