一念之误 yī niàn zhī wù A wrong thought

Explanation

指因一时疏忽或想差而造成的错误。

Refers to a mistake caused by temporary negligence or a wrong thought.

Origin Story

话说唐朝时期，有一位才华横溢的书生，名叫李白。他从小就勤奋好学，博览群书，尤其对诗歌有着独特的见解和天赋。一日，李白与友人泛舟西湖，湖光山色，美不胜收。李白兴致勃勃，提笔作诗，诗成之后，朋友们纷纷赞扬，李白也甚为得意。然而，就在这时，李白突然想起自己之前在朋友家做客时，曾许诺要为朋友写一首诗，如今却忘记了。李白懊恼不已，自责道：“一念之误，竟致失信于友，真是悔之晚矣！”他意识到自己因一时疏忽，辜负了朋友的期待，心中充满了愧疚。此事之后，李白更加注重言行一致，并以此为戒，提醒自己做事要谨慎，不可因一念之误而影响自己的名誉和信誉。

huà shuō táng cháo shí qī, yǒu yī wèi cái huá héng yì de shū shēng, míng jiào lǐ bái。tā cóng xiǎo jiù qínfèn hǎo xué, bó lǎn qún shū, yóu qí duì shīgē yǒu zhe dú tè de jiàn jiě hé tiān fù。yī rì, lǐ bái yǔ yǒu rén fàn zhōu xī hú, hú guāng shān sè, měi bù shèng shōu。lǐ bái xīng zhì bó bó, tí bǐ zuò shī, shī chéng zhī hòu, péng yǒu men fēn fēn zàn yáng, lǐ bái yě shèn wèi dé yì。rán ér, jiù zài zhè shí, lǐ bái tū rán xiǎng qǐ zì jǐ zhī qián zài péng yǒu jiā zuò kè shí, céng xǔ nuò yào wèi péng yǒu xiě yī shǒu shī, rú jīn què wàng jì le。lǐ bái ào nǎo bù yǐ, zìzé dào：“yī niàn zhī wù, jìng zhì shī xìn yú yǒu, zhēn shì huǐ zhī wǎn yǐ！”tā yì shí zì jǐ yīn yī shí shū hū, gū fù le péng yǒu de qī dài, xīn zhōng chōng mǎn le kuì jiù。cǐ shì zhī hòu, lǐ bái gèng jiā zhòng shì yán xíng yī zhì, bìng yǐ cǐ wèi jiè, tí xǐng zì jǐ zuò shì yào jǐn shèn, bù kě yīn yī niàn zhī wù ér yǐng xiǎng zì jǐ de míng yù hé xìn yù。

It is said that during the Tang Dynasty, there was a talented scholar named Li Bai. Since childhood, he was diligent and studious, reading extensively, especially in poetry, he had unique insights and talent. One day, Li Bai and his friends were boating on the West Lake, the scenery of the lake was beautiful. Li Bai was in high spirits, he picked up his pen to write a poem. After he finished it, friends praised him, Li Bai was very proud too. However, at that time, Li Bai suddenly remembered that when he was a guest at his friend's house, he had promised to write a poem for his friend, but now he had forgotten it. Li Bai was very annoyed, and blamed himself: “A single wrong thought led me to break my promise to my friend, and I regret it too late!” He realized that because of his negligence, he had disappointed his friend's expectations, and his heart was full of guilt. After that incident, Li Bai paid more attention to keeping his words and deeds consistent, and he took this as a warning, reminding himself to be cautious in everything, so that a single wrong thought would not affect his reputation and credit.

Usage

用于形容因一时疏忽或想差而造成的错误。

yòng yú xiángróng yīn yī shí shū hū huò xiǎng chā ér zào chéng de cuòwù

Used to describe mistakes caused by temporary negligence or a wrong thought.

Examples

• 他的一念之误导致了公司的破产。

  tā de yī niàn zhī wù dǎozhì le gōngsī de pòchǎn。

  A single wrong thought led to the bankruptcy of the company.

• 一念之误，铸成大错。

  yī niàn zhī wù zhù chéng dà cuò

  A single mistake, a major mistake was made.

Related Idioms

• 一念之差

• 一念之错

Opposite Idioms

• 深思熟虑

• 三思而后行