千虑一失

Traditional form:

千慮一失

Pinyin (reading):

qiānlüyīshī

Definitions:

• reflect a thousand times and you can still make a mistake (idiom); to err is human

Characters:

• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 虑 - anxious, concerned, worried
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect

Traditional characters:

• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 慮 - anxious, concerned, worried
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect