金无足赤，人无完人
jīn​wú​zú​chì​rén​wú​wán​rén

nobody is perfect

  • created sense approved 金无足赤，人无完人/金無足赤，人無完人 · jīn​wú​zú​chì​rén​wú​wán​rén · nobody is perfect — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    金无足赤，人无完人 / 金無足赤，人無完人

    jīn​wú​zú​chì​rén​wú​wán​rén

    nobody is perfect

    literally gold is never pure and humans are never perfect; used to emphasize that every person has flaws just as gold is rarely one hundred percent pure

    金无足赤 (literal) → 金无足赤/金無足赤 · jīn​wú​zú​chì · no one is perfect ， (non_chinese) 人无完人 (literal) → 人无完人/人無完人 · rén​wú​wán​rén · no one is perfect

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