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jmdict 2832573 Active (id: 1988853)
巧詐は拙誠に如かず
こうさはせっせいにしかず
1. [exp] [proverb]
▶ better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive



History:
6. A 2018-10-13 13:37:02  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
OK
5. A* 2018-10-11 15:15:39  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
More proverb-like?
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>shoddy but sincere is better than clever but deceptive</gloss>
+<gloss>better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive</gloss>
4. A* 2018-10-07 07:31:17  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
Better?
  Diff:
@@ -13 +13 @@
-<gloss>it is better to do things shoddily yet sincerely rather than to cleverly deceive</gloss>
+<gloss>shoddy but sincere is better than clever but deceptive</gloss>
3. A 2017-07-09 23:57:36  Robin Scott <...address hidden...>
  Diff:
@@ -11,0 +12 @@
+<misc>&proverb;</misc>
2. A 2017-07-09 23:00:44  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
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