千虑一失
千虑一失
qiān lǜ yī shī
reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
idiom
Traditional: 千慮一失
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- (idiom) reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human
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智者千虑，必有一失(zhì zhě qiān lǜ , bì yǒu yī shī)— lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible
→一夫当关，万夫莫开(yī fū dāng guān , wàn fū mò kāi)— one man can hold the pass against ten thousand enemies (idiom)
→一字千金(yī zì qiān jīn)— one word worth a thousand in gold (idiom)
→一掷千金(yī zhì qiān jīn)— lit. stake a thousand pieces of gold on one throw (idiom); to throw away money recklessly
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