Word Meaning 巧遅は拙速に如かず

こうちはせっそくにしかず kouchi ha sessoku ni shikazu

巧遅は拙速に如かず is read as こうちはせっそくにしかず (kouchi ha sessoku ni shikazu) and means it's better to be rough and ready than slow and elaborate.

Meaning

English

  1. it's better to be rough and ready than slow and elaborate

Reading

Kana

こうちはせっそくにしかず

Romaji

kouchi ha sessoku ni shikazu

Stroke Sequence

9 Characters • 54 Total Strokes

Study Signals and Categories

JLPT N1 Jōyō Upper Grade Kanken 準2級 Proverb Rank 138246 Priority V

Related Vocabulary

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巧遅拙速

こうちせっそく

better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate

巧詐は拙誠に如かず

こうさはせっせいにしかず

better shoddy and sincere than clever and deceptive

巧拙

こうせつ

skill

巧遅

こうち

elaborate but slow execution

巧と拙

こうとせつ

skillfulness and clumsiness

拙速

せっそく

rough-and-ready

拙速主義

せっそくしゅぎ

slapdash approach

遅速

ちそく

speed

巧い

うまい

delicious

巧み

たくみ

plot

巧妙

こうみょう

ingenious

巧者

こうしゃ

clever person (in a particular field)