人を射んとせば先ず馬を射よ

Japanese

Kanji in this term
人 射 先 馬 射
ひと
Grade: 1 		い
Grade: 6 		ま
Grade: 1 		うま
Grade: 2 		い
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.
【人ひとを射いんとせばまず馬うまを射いよ】
[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.)
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