千慮一得

Chinese

		thousand	anxiety	one; single; a one; single; a; (before verbs) as soon as, once; (before a noun) entire (family, etc.)	get; obtain; gain get; obtain; gain; proper; suitable; proud; contented; allow; permit; ready; finished; a sentence particle used after a verb to show effect; degree or possibility; to have to; must; ought to; to need to
trad. (千慮一得)		千	慮	一	得
simp. (千虑一得)		千	虑	一	得

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): qiānlǜyīdé

  (Zhuyin): ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄩˋ ㄧ ㄉㄜˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): cin¹ leoi⁶ jat¹ dak¹

---

• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: qiānlǜyīdé [Phonetic: qiānlǜyìdé]
    • Zhuyin: ㄑㄧㄢ ㄌㄩˋ ㄧ ㄉㄜˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: cianlyùyidé
    • Wade–Giles: chʻien¹-lü⁴-i¹-tê²
    • Yale: chyān-lyù-yī-dé
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: chianliuhider
    • Palladius: цяньлюйидэ (cjanʹljujidɛ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡ɕʰi̯ɛn⁵⁵ ly⁵¹⁻⁵³ i⁵⁵⁻⁵¹ tɤ³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: cin¹ leoi⁶ jat¹ dak¹
    • Yale: chīn leuih yāt dāk
    • Cantonese Pinyin: tsin¹ loey⁶ jat⁷ dak⁷
    • Guangdong Romanization: qin¹ lêu⁶ yed¹ deg¹
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰiːn⁵⁵ lɵy̯²² jɐt̚⁵ tɐk̚⁵/

Idiom

千慮一得

1. (humble, used to introduce one's opinion) even a fool may sometimes have a good idea

   • 對於全國先進的文化工作者，我們的東西，只當作引玉之磚，千慮之一得。 [MSC, trad.]
     对于全国先进的文化工作者，我们的东西，只当作引玉之砖，千虑之一得。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Duìyú quánguó xiānjìn de wénhuà gōngzuòzhě, wǒmen de dōngxi, zhǐ dàngzuò yǐnyùzhīzhuān, qiānlǜ zhī yīdé. [Pinyin]

     Our observations may contain a grain of truth for the nation's advanced cultural workers and may serve as a modest spur to induce them to come forward with valuable contributions of their own.

Antonyms

• 千慮一失／千虑一失 (qiānlǜyīshī)