车快了要翻，马快了要颠車快了要翻，馬快了要顛車快了要翻，馬快了要顛

a cart going fast overturns; a horse going fast stumbles

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Rarely used now

Meaning: Rushing for speed invites mistakes. Close to 'more haste, less speed'.

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Simplified: 车快了要翻，马快了要颠
Traditional (Taiwan): 車快了要翻，馬快了要顛
Pinyin: chē kuàile yào fān, mǎ kuàile yào diān
Bopomofo: ㄔㄜㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄧㄠˋ ㄈㄢ，ㄇㄚˇ ㄎㄨㄞˋ ˙ㄌㄜㄧㄠˋ ㄉㄧㄢ

Written with HSK 5 vocabulary, at CEFR level B2.

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