智者千虑，必有一失

Traditional form:

智者千慮，必有一失

Pinyin (reading):

zhìzhěqiānlü,bìyǒuyīshī

Definitions:

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

Characters:

• 智 - wisdom, knowledge, intelligence
• 者 - that which; they who; those who
• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 虑 - anxious, concerned, worried
• 必 - surely, certainly; must; will
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect

Traditional characters:

• 智 - wisdom, knowledge, intelligence
• 者 - that which; they who; those who
• 千 - thousand; many, numerous; very
• 慮 - anxious, concerned, worried
• 必 - surely, certainly; must; will
• 有 - to have, to own, to possess; to exist
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 失 - to lose; to make a mistake, to neglect