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    3. 下手の考え休むに似たり

    下手の考え休むに似たり

    下へ手たの​考かんがえ​休やすむ​に​似にた​り​

    it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one

    NTExpressionsEmotions & PsychologyKanji Vocab41 strokes

    へたのかんがえやすむににたり

    Expressions

    1.
    it's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one, they to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep, inadequate ideas are worse than none at all
    proverb

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    Characters that make up this word

    下
    した・しも・もと・さ.げる・さ.がる・くだ.る…(10)
    below・down・descend・give・low…(1)
    Kanji
    手
    て・て-・-て・た-…(2)
    hand
    Kanji
    考
    かんが.える・かんが.え…(2)
    consider・think over
    Kanji
    休
    やす.む・やす.まる・やす.める…(1)
    rest・day off・retire・sleep
    Kanji
    似
    に.る・ひ.る…(2)
    becoming・resemble・counterfeit・imitate・suitable
    Kanji
    の
    no
    Kana
    え
    e
    Kana
    む
    mu
    Kana
    に
    ni
    Kana
    た
    ta
    Kana
    り
    ri
    Kana
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