智者千慮必有一失

Chinese

		wise man; man of wisdom; sage	thousand	anxiety	certainly; must; will certainly; must; will; necessarily	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	to lose; to miss; to fail
trad. (智者千慮必有一失)		智者	千	慮	必	有	一	失
simp. (智者千虑必有一失)		智者	千	虑	必	有	一	失
Literally: “a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make one mistake”.

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): zhìzhě qiān lǜ, bì yǒu yī shī

  (Zhuyin): ㄓˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄩˋ, ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): zi³ ze² cin¹ leoi⁶ / bit¹ jau⁵ jat¹ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: zhìzhě qiān lǜ
    • Zhuyin: ㄓˋ ㄓㄜˇ ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄩˋ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: jhìhjhě cian lyù
    • Wade–Giles: chih⁴-chê³ chʻien¹ lü⁴
    • Yale: jr̀-jě chyān lyù
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: jyhjee chian liuh
    • Palladius: чжичжэ цянь люй (čžičžɛ cjanʹ ljuj)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ly⁵¹/
      
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: bì yǒu yī shī [Phonetic: bì yǒu yì shī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄅㄧˋ ㄧㄡˇ ㄧ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: bì yǒu yi shih
    • Wade–Giles: pi⁴ yu³ i¹ shih¹
    • Yale: bì yǒu yī shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: bih yeou i shy
    • Palladius: би ю и ши (bi ju i ši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /pi⁵¹ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: zi³ ze² cin¹ leoi⁶ / bit¹ jau⁵ jat¹ sat¹
    • Yale: ji jé chīn leuih / bīt yáuh yāt sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: dzi³ dze² tsin¹ loey⁶ / bit⁷ jau⁵ jat⁷ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: ji³ zé² qin¹ lêu⁶ / bid¹ yeo⁵ yed¹ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡siː³³ t͡sɛː³⁵ t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lɵy̯²²/, /piːt̚⁵ jɐu̯¹³ jɐt̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

智者千慮必有一失

1. (Hokkien) nobody is infallible

Synonyms

• (Hokkien) 宿宿人買著漏酒甕／宿宿人买着漏酒瓮, 宿宿人買一個漏酒甕／宿宿人买一个漏酒瓮