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拙速 せっそく

  1. hasty; knocked-up; rough-and-ready; slapdash; slipshod

拙速主義 せっそくしゅぎ

  1. rough-and-ready method; slapdash approach; speed-before-quality policy

巧遅拙速 こうちせっそく

  1. better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent; better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate

巧遅は拙速に如かず こうちはせっそくにしかず

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

巧遅 こうち

  1. elaborate but slow execution; polished but slow work
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