万
无
一
失

Surefire in Chinese: 万无一失 (wàn wú yī shī)

wàn wú yī shī

surefire

HSK 3.0 Levels 7-9Traditional: 萬無一失1 example sentence

Definitions

  1. 1surefire; absolutely safe (idiom)

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一
失

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ㄨㄢˋ

wàn

ㄨ/ uㄢ/ anˋ/ fourth tone

ㄨˊ

wú

ㄨ/ uˊ/ second tone

ㄧ

yī

ㄧ/ i—/ first tone

ㄕ

shī

ㄕ/ sh—/ first tone

Simplified & traditional

万无一失

Simplified

萬無一失

Traditional

Example sentences

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  • 为了万无一失，我们又检查了一遍。

    wèi le wàn wú yì shī， wǒ men yòu jiǎn chá le yí biàn。

    To be absolutely safe, we checked once more.

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Related words

一

yī

one

万

wàn

ten thousand

无

wú

not to have

第一

dì yī

first

一起

yī qǐ

in the same place

一般

yī bān

same

一边

yī biān

one side

一定

yī dìng

surely

一共

yī gòng

altogether

一样

yī yàng

same

一直

yī zhí

straight (in a straight line)

千万

qiān wàn

ten million

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