the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom); honesty is the best policy
trad. 巧詐不如拙誠
Also written 巧詐不如拙誠【qiǎo zhà bù rú zhuō chéng】
Characters in this word
6巧
Strokes: KanjiVG, CC BY-SA 3.0
opportunely, coincidentally, as it happens, skillful, timely
- Pinyin
- qiǎo
- Strokes
- 5
- Frequency
- 9826 of 2500
诈
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to cheat, to swindle, to pretend, to feign, to draw sb out, to try to extract information by deceit or bluff
- Pinyin
- zhà
- Traditional
- 詐
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 33414 of 2500
不
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no; not so, (bound form) not; un-
- Pinyin
- bù
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 9 of 2500
如
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as, as if, such as
- Pinyin
- rú
- Strokes
- 6
- Frequency
- 1252 of 2500
拙
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awkward, clumsy, dull, inelegant, (polite) my, Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]
- Pinyin
- zhuō
- Strokes
- 8
诚
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(bound form) sincere; authentic, (literary) really; truly
- Pinyin
- chéng
- Traditional
- 誠
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 42149 of 2500