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Original source entry:
智者千慮，必有一失 智者千虑，必有一失 [zhi4 zhe3 qian1 lu:4 , bi4 you3 yi1 shi1] /lit. a wise person reflecting a thousand times can still make a mistake (idiom); fig. nobody is infallible/Reference definitions and teaching material have separate provenance.
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Other forms in these source records: 智者千慮，必有一失
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