人を射んとせば先ず馬を射よ

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
ひと
Grade: 1

Grade: 6

Grade: 1
うま
Grade: 2

Grade: 6
kun’yomi
For pronunciation and definitions of 人を射んとせば先ず馬を射よ – see the following entry.
ひとんとせばまずうま
[proverb] begin with the lesser things to obtain the greater; he who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin
(This term, 人を射んとせば先ず馬を射よ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)