人を射んとせばまず馬を射よ
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Japanese[edit]
| Kanji in this term | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 人 | 射 | 馬 | 射 |
| ひと Grade: 1 |
い Grade: 6 |
うま Grade: 2 |
い Grade: 6 |
| kun’yomi | |||
| Alternative spelling |
|---|
| 人を射んとせば先ず馬を射よ |
Etymology[edit]
Calque of Literary Chinese 射人先射馬，擒賊先擒王 (shè rén xiān shè mǎ, qín zéi xiān qín wáng, literally “to shoot the rider, first shoot his horse; to capture the thief, first capture the king”).
Proverb[edit]
人を射んとせばまず馬を射よ • (hito o in to seba mazu uma o iyo)
- begin with the lesser things to obtain the greater; he who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin[1]
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Categories:
- Japanese terms spelled with 人 read as ひと
- Japanese terms spelled with 射 read as い
- Japanese terms spelled with 馬 read as うま
- Japanese terms read with kun'yomi
- Japanese terms calqued from Literary Chinese
- Japanese terms derived from Literary Chinese
- Japanese lemmas
- Japanese proverbs
- Japanese terms spelled with first grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with sixth grade kanji
- Japanese terms spelled with second grade kanji
- Japanese terms written with four Han script characters