大事の前の小事

だいじのまえのしょうじdaijinomaenoshouji

expression

  1. don't put the trivial ahead of the important
  2. don't sweat the small stuff
  3. don't bother with the details (before embarking on a great enterprise)
  4. read the fine print
  5. be careful of the small things (before embarking on a great enterprise)

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences