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人有失手，马有失蹄

rén yǒu shī shǒu , mǎ yǒu shī tí

9-character word Traditional 人有失手，馬有失蹄

What 人有失手，马有失蹄 means

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

The characters in 人有失手，马有失蹄

• 人rénperson; people
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 手shǒuhand; (formal) to hold; person engaged in certain types of work
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail
• 蹄tíhoof; pig's trotters

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