Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

It is a wise man that never makes mistakes

Chinese translation:

智者千虑,必有一失

Added to glossary by Siwei Wang
Apr 4, 2013 17:55
12 yrs ago
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English term

It is a wise man that never makes mistakes

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Original sentence:it is a wise man that never makes mistakes.

Description: This is from the advertisement of one kind of products.
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May 6, 2013 13:09: Siwei Wang Created KOG entry

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智者千虑,必有一失

原句字面的意思是:再怎么聪明的人,也会犯错误。

汉语中很多谚语都表达这种意思,比如:智者千虑,必有一失;凡人皆会犯错。
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永不犯错,是为智者

搜到一个挺有意思的关于这个句子的话题:</br>
http://www.english-test.net/forum/ftopic20229.html </br>
看上去还是有不同的理解。</br>
Gianluca说了这是一句广告词,我觉得原作者不会用’智者千虑、必有一失‘来表达自己的产品,更可能的是巧妙借用这句话的’双关‘性来说自己的产品是’永不犯错、是为智者‘。
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