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智者千虑，必有一失

zhì zhě qiān lǜ , bì yǒu yī shī

Definitions

  1. 1. lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible

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Child Words of 智者千虑，必有一失

一
yī

one

千
qiān

thousand

必
bì

certainly

有
yǒu

to have; there is

者
zhě

(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...

失
shī

to lose

虑
lǜ

to think over

智
zhì

(literary) wise; wisdom

智者
zhì zhě

sage