万无一失 — Chinese idiom
万无一失
wàn wú yī shī
Traditional: 萬無一失
Meaning
- surefire; absolutely safe
Character by character
- 万wànten thousand; innumerable
- 无wúno, not; lacking, -less
- 一yīone; a, an; alone
- 失shīto lose; to make a mistake, to neglect
Idioms sharing a character
- 一本万利 yī běn wàn lì
- 以一驭万 yǐ yī yù wàn
- 以防万一 yǐ fáng wàn yī
- 光芒万丈 guāng máng wàn zhàng
- 千刀万剐 qiān dāo wàn guǎ
- 千千万万 qiān qiān wàn wàn
- 千家万户 qiān jiā wàn hù
- 千差万别 qiān chā wàn bié
- 千恩万谢 qiān ēn wàn xiè
- 千真万确 qiān zhēn wàn què
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