千虑一得 qiān lǜ yī dé

even a dull person may have a good idea

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. a thousand tries leads to one success (idiom, humble expr.); Even without any notable ability on my part, I may still get it right sometimes by good luck.

Characters

Character Meaning
千 qiān HSK 2
thousand; see 秋千qiū qiān
虑 lǜ HSK 4
to consider; to think over; anxiety
一 yī HSK 1
one; 1; single
得 dé HSK 2
link verb to result or degree; to get; must