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shouointohossurebamazuumaoiyo

expression

  1. do not shoot straight for the top
  2. he that would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin
  3. if you want to shoot the general, first shoot his horse

Kanji in this word

Study it in Yanamino

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