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more haste, less speed

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said to mean that if you try to do things too quickly, it will take you longer in the end
欲速则不达。

(Translation of more haste, less speed from the Cambridge English-Chinese (Simplified) Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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Translations of more haste, less speed

in Chinese (Traditional)
欲速則不達。…
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in Spanish
vísteme despacio, que tengo prisa…
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