智者 (zhìzhě): sage

Measure Word

一位智者 wèi

智者千虑，必有一失。

Zhìzhě qiān lǜ, bì yǒu yī shī.

Even a wise person will make a mistake after a thousand considerations.

古代的智者留下了许多宝贵的思想。

Gǔdài de zhìzhě liúxià le xǔduō bǎoguì de sīxiǎng.

Ancient sages left behind many precious ideas.

culture

智者千虑必有一失 is a well-known proverb from the Warerta Strategy period text 《晏子春秋》, reminding that even the wisest can err.

grammar

者 is a classical suffix meaning 'one who...' — 智者 (wise one), 学者 (scholar), 读者 (reader). Productive in formal/written Chinese.

智 zhì

者 zhě