人非聖賢，孰能無過

Chinese
man; person; people
 
(be) not; wrong; blame; Africa
 sage; saint who; which; what
 
ability; can; may; capable; energy; able
trad. (人非聖賢，孰能無過) 人 非 聖賢 ， 孰 能 無過
simp. (人非圣贤，孰能无过) 人 非 圣贤 ， 孰 能 无过
variant forms 人非聖賢，誰能無過／人非圣贤，谁能无过
Literally: “People are not sages, who can be without error?”.

Pronunciation
  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): rén fēi shèngxián, shú néng wúguò
    (Zhuyin): ㄖㄣˊ ㄈㄟ ㄕㄥˋ ㄒㄧㄢˊ, ㄕㄨˊ ㄋㄥˊ ㄨˊ ㄍㄨㄛˋ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): jan4 fei1 sing3 jin4, suk6 nang4 mou4 gwo3

Proverb

人非聖賢，孰能無過

  1. nobody is perfect; everyone makes mistakes

See also
  • 人有錯手，馬有失蹄／人有错手，马有失蹄
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