千慮一失
qiān​lǜ​yī​shī

to err is human

  • created reference approved 千虑一失/千慮一失 → 千虑一得/千慮一得 (antonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    千虑一失 / 千慮一失 qiān​lǜ​yī​shī

    千虑一得 / 千慮一得 qiān​lǜ​yī​dé

    antonym

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 千虑一失/千慮一失 · qiān​lǜ​yī​shī · to err is human — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    千虑一失 / 千慮一失

    qiān​lǜ​yī​shī

    to err is human

    (idiom) even the wisest person occasionally makes a mistake after careful consideration; literally "a thousand considerations, one mistake"

    qiān​lǜ​yì​shī

    千 (literal) → 千 · qiān · many 虑 (literal) → 虑/慮 · lǜ · thought 一 (literal) → 一 · yī · one 失 (literal) → 失 · shī · mistake

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense