千慮一失

Chinese

		thousand	anxiety	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. (千慮一失)		千	慮	一	失
simp. (千虑一失)		千	虑	一	失

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānlǜyīshī

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄩˋ ㄧ ㄕ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ leoi⁶ jat¹ sat¹

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānlǜyīshī [Phonetic: qiānlǜyìshī]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄩˋ ㄧ ㄕ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianlyùyishih
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-lü⁴-i¹-shih¹
    • Yale: chyān-lyù-yī-shr̄
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianliuhishy
    • Palladius: цяньлюйиши (cjanʹljujiši)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ly⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ ʂʐ̩⁵⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
    • Jyutping: cin¹ leoi⁶ jat¹ sat¹
    • Yale: chīn leuih yāt sāt
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ loey⁶ jat⁷ sat⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ lêu⁶ yed¹ sed¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lɵy̯²² jɐt̚⁵ sɐt̚⁵/

Idiom

千慮一失

1. even a wise person sometimes makes a mistake; no one is always free from errors

Antonyms

• 千慮一得／千虑一得 (qiānlǜyīdé)