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千虑一得

qiān lǜ yī dé

Definitions

  1. 1. a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.

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Child Words of 千虑一得

一
yī

one

千
qiān

thousand

得
dé

to obtain

得
de

structural particle: used after a verb (or adjective as main verb), linking it to following phrase indicating effect, degree, possibility etc

得
děi

to have to

虑
lǜ

to think over