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こうさはせっせいにしかず

巧詐は拙誠に如かず

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better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive

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巧詐拙誠如

Related Kanji

巧

adroit, skilled, ingenuity

コウ / たく.み

詐

lie, falsehood, deceive, pretend

サ / いつわ.る

拙

bungling, clumsy, unskillful

セツ / つたな.い

誠

sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity

セイ / まこと

如

likeness, like, such as, as if, better, best, equal

ジョ / ごと.し

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