汉英词典
Chinese-English Dictionary
MEANING OF 人有失手,马有失蹄
lit. just as humans make mistakes, so can a horse stumble (idiom) / fig. everyone makes mistakes / even the best fall down sometimes
rén yǒu shī shǒu () mǎ
EXAMPLE SENTENCES

好马也有失蹄时。(或:智者千虑,必有一失)

It's a good horse that never stumbles.

这儿有姓马的住户吗?

Is there anyone named Ma living here?

有一匹栗色马,它日行千里长。

A chestnut horse, it is line of a thousand miles long.

那里有多少匹马?十二匹。

How many horse are there? Twelve.

对人有疑念,就无法原谅人;

We cannot trust when filled with doubts.

每个站都不一样,有石雕,有壁画,有大理石拱门,让人留连忘返。

Each station is different, stone carving, fresco, marble arch, let a person ghost town.

俗语说:官有几十几品,人有几十几等。

As the saying goes: there are dozens of officials of several products, several dozens of such people.

人是有感觉的生物。

Man is a sentient being.

有五百万人沿着河岸生活。

5 million people live along the river shorelines.

养马的确是一项有风险的事业。

Horse breeding is indeed a risky enterprise.