«دَقِّةِ الْمِعَلِّمْ بِأَلْفْ وَلَوْ تُرُوحْ بَلَاشْ»

A single action by a true expert carries more worth than countless attempts by unskilled people. Skill shows in the quality and precision of each movement, so one practiced stroke outweighs a thousand strokes by lesser hands; the thousand is a count of efforts, not a sum of money.

The saying holds that this value survives even a miss. Here بلاش means the stroke goes in vain or misses its mark, not that the work is unpaid. Even then, a master's attempt reflects trained knowledge and control, so it outweighs many efforts of less capable hands.

Use it to defend trusting an experienced practitioner, or to note that a skilled person's effort keeps its value even when one attempt does not land. It suits remarks about craftsmanship and expertise and works best said admiringly, not to excuse careless failure.