"将を射んと欲すればまず馬を射よ" meaning in Japanese

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  "etymology_text": "Based on a poem by Du Fu.\nLiterally “to shoot the general, first shoot his horse”.",
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    {
      "form": "将を射んと欲すればまず馬を射よ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "将",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "射",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "欲",
          "ほっ"
        ],
        [
          "馬",
          "うま"
        ],
        [
          "射",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
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    },
    {
      "form": "shō o in to hossureba mazu uma o iyo",
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    }
  ],
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        "2": "しょう を いん と ほっすれば まず うま を いよ",
        "head": "将を射んと欲すればまず馬を射よ"
      },
      "expansion": "将(しょう)を射(い)んと欲(ほっ)すればまず馬(うま)を射(い)よ • (shō o in to hossureba mazu uma o iyo)",
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      "glosses": [
        "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",
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        ],
        [
          "lesser",
          "lesser"
        ],
        [
          "thing",
          "thing"
        ],
        [
          "obtain",
          "obtain"
        ],
        [
          "greater",
          "greater"
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        [
          "he who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin",
          "he who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "roman": "hito o in to seba mazu uma o iyo",
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            [
              "人",
              "ひと"
            ],
            [
              "射",
              "い"
            ],
            [
              "馬",
              "うま"
            ],
            [
              "射",
              "い"
            ]
          ],
          "word": "人を射んとせばまず馬を射よ"
        }
      ],
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        "Daijirin",
        "Du Fu"
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    }
  ],
  "word": "将を射んと欲すればまず馬を射よ"
}

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  "etymology_text": "Based on a poem by Du Fu.\nLiterally “to shoot the general, first shoot his horse”.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "将を射んと欲すればまず馬を射よ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "将",
          "しょう"
        ],
        [
          "射",
          "い"
        ],
        [
          "欲",
          "ほっ"
        ],
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          "馬",
          "うま"
        ],
        [
          "射",
          "い"
        ]
      ],
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      "form": "shō o in to hossureba mazu uma o iyo",
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  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "将(しょう)を射(い)んと欲(ほっ)すればまず馬(うま)を射(い)よ • (shō o in to hossureba mazu uma o iyo)",
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      "roman": "hito o in to seba mazu uma o iyo",
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          "人",
          "ひと"
        ],
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          "射",
          "い"
        ],
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          "い"
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      ],
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  ],
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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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          "he who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin",
          "he who would the daughter win, must with the mother first begin"
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        "Daijirin",
        "Du Fu"
      ]
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  ],
  "word": "将を射んと欲すればまず馬を射よ"
}

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