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下手の長談義
Hiragana
へたのながだんぎ
Phrase
idiomatic
Japanese Meaning
話し下手な人ほど、だらだらと長く話しがちだということを表すことわざ。要点を簡潔にまとめられないことへの皮肉や戒めとして使われる。
Easy Japanese Meaning
はなしがへたなひとは、むだにながくはなしてしまうということ
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
简洁是智慧的精髓 / 不善者常长篇大论，越说越显笨拙 / 冗长不如简短
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
不擅長說話的人反而講得冗長空泛。 / 諷刺長談無益，提倡言語應簡潔有力。
Korean Meaning
서투른 사람이 장황하게 말함 / 말 솜씨 없는 이가 긴 논의·설명을 늘어놓는 일 / 실력 부족한 자일수록 말이 길어진다는 뜻
Vietnamese Meaning
Kẻ vụng thì hay nói dài; càng kém càng dài dòng. / Ngắn gọn mới là tinh túy của trí tuệ.
Tagalog Meaning
Ang ikli ang diwa ng talas ng isip. / Mas mabisa ang maikli at malinaw na pananalita. / Ang kahusayan sa pagsasalita ay nasa pagpapaiksi.
Sense（1）
brevity is the soul of wit
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下手の長談義
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He talks a lot, but he understands that brevity is the soul of wit.
He talks a lot, but he understands that brevity is the soul of wit.
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彼は話すのが長いが、下手の長談義ということを理解している。
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