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巧詐は拙誠に如かず

Meanings, readings, and example sentences for the Japanese word 巧詐は拙誠に如かず.

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Entry

巧詐は拙誠に如かずこうさはせっせいにしかずExpression
1

Proverb

better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive

Character notes

Kanji in this Word

adroit, skilled, ingenuity

5 strokesFrequency 1,537JLPT N1Grade 8

On

コウ

Kun

たく.みたく.むうま.い

Nanori

かつたくみよし

lie, falsehood, deceive, pretend

12 strokesFrequency 1,511JLPT N1Grade 8

On

Kun

いつわ.る

bungling, clumsy, unskillful

8 strokesFrequency 1,938JLPT N1Grade 8

On

セツ

Kun

つたな.い

sincerity, admonish, warn, prohibit, truth, fidelity

13 strokesFrequency 1,128JLPT N1Grade 6

On

セイ

Kun

まこと

Nanori

きよさとしげとものぶまこまさ

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

6 strokesFrequency 1,704JLPT N1Grade 8

On

ジョニョ

Kun

ごと.し

Nanori

ゆきよし

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