Definition of 将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ (しょうをいんとほっすればまずうまをいよ)

しょういほっまうまい

将を射んと欲すれば先ず馬を射よ

しょうをいんとほっすればまずうまをいよ

shouwointohossurebamazuumawoiyo

View details for kanji: 将View details for kanji: 射View details for kanji: 欲View details for kanji: 先View details for kanji: 馬View details for kanji: 射
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do not shoot straight for the top, he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin, if you want to shoot the general, first shoot his horse(proverb)
Related Kanji
将 leader, commander, general, admiral, or, and again, soon, from now on, just about
射 shoot, shine into, onto, archery
欲 longing, covetousness, greed, passion, desire, craving
先 before, ahead, previous, future, precedence
馬 horse