KANAE
130Japanese idiom 四字熟語

不言実行

Fugen jikkō

“Act without announcing.”

Word for wordNo words, execution.

The meaning

Announcing scatters force; doing concentrates it. Silent work has nothing to prove in advance: it presents its results, and they suffice.

At the origin

A four-character idiom praising quiet action.

The characters

In practice

Your next goal: do not announce it, accomplish it.

Themes

In the collections · Kaizen

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