巧诈不如拙诚

the unvarnished truth is better than a cunning ruse (idiom) / honesty is the best policy

opportunely / coincidentally / as it happens / skillful / timely

deceitful / crafty / artful

to cheat / to swindle / to pretend / to feign / to draw sb out / to try to extract information by deceit or bluff

no; not so / (bound form) not; un-

not equal to / not as good as / inferior to / it would be better to

as / as if / such as

awkward / clumsy / dull / inelegant / (polite) my / Taiwan pr. [zhuo2]

sincere / authentic / really / truly