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人を射んとせばまず馬を射よ
Hiragana
ひとをいんとせばまずうまをいよ
Proverb
Japanese Meaning
主要な目的を達成するためには、その周辺や関係するところから手をつけるのがよいという教え。直接狙うよりも、まず相手の弱点や周辺から攻める方が効果的だというたとえ。
Easy Japanese Meaning
大きなもくてきをかなえたいときは まわりのだいじなことから ていねいにするべきだといういみ
Chinese (Simplified) Meaning
为求大成，先从小处或次要处着手。 / 通过间接途径，先解决外围或附属环节，再达成主要目的。
Chinese (Traditional) Meaning
先從次要或周邊之事著手，以達成較大的目標。 / 要追女兒，先討好母親。（比喻）
Korean Meaning
큰 것을 얻으려면 작은 것부터 공략하라 / 어려운 목표는 간접적·주변부터 접근하라 / 상대를 제압하려면 먼저 그 기반을 무너뜨려라
Vietnamese Meaning
Muốn đạt mục tiêu lớn, hãy khởi đầu từ cái nhỏ/dễ; đánh cái phụ để được cái chính. / Làm việc nên đi đường vòng; muốn chinh phục ai, trước hết lấy lòng người liên quan. / Trước khi hạ đối thủ, hãy triệt phương tiện/hậu thuẫn của họ.
Tagalog Meaning
Umpisahan sa mas maliit upang makuha ang mas malaki. / Gamitin ang paraang di‑tuwiran: unahin ang paunang hakbang bago ang tunay na pakay. / “Kung ibig ang anak, sa ina dumaan.”
Sense（1）
begin with the lesser things to obtain the greater; he who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin
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begin with the lesser things to obtain the greater; he who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin
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人を射んとせばまず馬を射よ
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He said, 'If you want to shoot a man, first shoot his horse,' and began to solve the smaller problems first.
He said, 'If you want to shoot a man, first shoot his horse,' and began to solve the smaller problems first.
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彼は「人を射んとせばまず馬を射よ」と言って、まず小さな問題から解決し始めました。
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