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智者千虑，必有一失

zhì zhě qiān lǜ , bì yǒu yī shī

9-character word Traditional 智者千慮，必有一失

What 智者千虑，必有一失 means

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

The characters in 智者千虑，必有一失

• 智zhì(literary) wise; wisdom
• 者zhě(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...; (after a noun) person involved in ...; -er
• 千qiānthousand
• 虑lǜto think over; to consider; anxiety
• 必bìcertainly; must; will
• 有yǒuto have; there is; (bound form) having; with; -ful; -ed; -al (as in 有意
• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 失shīto lose; to miss; to fail

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