将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ

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Japanese[edit]

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: 6

Grade: 6
ほっ
Grade: 6

Grade: 1
うま
Grade: 2

Grade: 6
kan’on kun’yomi
Alternative spelling
將を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ – see the following entry.
しょうんとほっすればまずうま
[proverb] begin with the lesser things to obtain the greater; he who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin
(This term, 将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)