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少说为佳

shǎo shuō wéi jiā

4-character word Traditional 少說為佳

What 少说为佳 means

1. Few words are best.
2. Brevity is the soul of wit.

The characters in 少说为佳

• 少shǎofew; less; to lack
• 说shuōto speak; to talk; to say; to explain; to comment; to scold; to tell off
• 为wéias (in the capacity of); to take sth as; to act as
• 佳jiābeautiful; fine; good

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