智者千虑，必有一失
Traditional: 智者千慮，必有一失Dictionary entry
lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible
What does 智者千虑，必有一失 mean?
智者千虑，必有一失 (zhì zhě qiān lǜ , bì yǒu yī shī) has the following dictionary meaning.
1lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible
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智zhì(literary) wise; wisdom者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ... · (after a noun) person involved in ...千qiānthousand虑lǜto think over · to consider必bìcertainly · must有yǒuto have; there is · (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意[you3 yi4] intentional)一yīone · single失shīto lose · to miss
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