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人有失手,马有失蹄

rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom)
  2. 2. fig. everyone makes mistakes
  3. 3. even the best fall down sometimes