隗より始めよ

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
かい
Hyōgai
はじ
Grade: 3

Proverb

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(かい)より(はじ)めよ (kai yori hajimeyo

  1. one should start a big project with immediate, practical steps; start small
  2. the person who proposes something should be the first one to take practical steps to implement it