將勤補拙

Chinese

a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready
a general; (will, shall, "future tense"); ready; prepared; to get; to use
 
diligent; frequent
to repair; to patch; to mend
to repair; to patch; to mend; to make up for; to fill (a vacancy); to supplement
 
awkward; clumsy; dull
awkward; clumsy; dull; inelegant; (polite) my
 
trad. (將勤補拙)
simp. (将勤补拙)

Pronunciation

  • Mandarin
    (Pinyin): jiāngqínbǔzhuō, jiāngqínbǔzhuó
    (Zhuyin): ㄐㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛ, ㄐㄧㄤ ㄑㄧㄣˊ ㄅㄨˇ ㄓㄨㄛˊ
  • Cantonese (Jyutping): zoeng1 kan4 bou2 zyut3

Idiom

將勤補拙

  1. to make up for one's lack of natural talent with hard work