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欲速则不达

yù sù zé bù dá

5-character word Traditional 欲速則不達

What 欲速则不达 means

1. idiom(the Analects) haste makes waste; things can't be rushed

The characters in 欲速则不达

• 欲yùdesire; appetite; passion
• 速sùfast; rapid; quick
• 则zé(literary) (conjunction used to express contrast with a previous clause) but; then…
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 达dáto attain; to reach; to amount to

Example sentences

• 欲速则不达。
  Yùsùzébùdá.
  Haste makes waste.

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