Shoot the horse first

Shoot the horse first

Shooting a horse before shooting a man is a Chinese idiom. Its pronunciation is sh è R é nxi ā NSH è m ǎ, and its explanation is a metaphor to grasp the key point in doing things. The sixth poem of Tang Dufu's Qian Chu Sai: "shoot people first, shoot horses, catch thieves first, catch the king."

Idiom explanation

Explanation: metaphor means to grasp the key point in doing something.

Idioms and allusions

[source]: the sixth poem of Tang Dufu's Qian Chu Sai: "shoot the horse before shooting the man, and catch the king before catching the thief." Liu Sheng hit his palm and said, "shoot the horse first, and catch the thief first. Do you know? Remember! When you meet an enemy on horseback, you should hit the horse first and then the man! Your opinion is very good. " The red sun by Wu Qiang

Discrimination of words

[pinyin code]: srxm

Idiom information

Idiom explanation: metaphor to grasp the key. Example of idiom: Liu Sheng hit the palm of his hand and said: "to catch a thief, catch the king first. Do you know? Remember! When you meet an enemy on horseback, you should hit the horse first and then the man! Your opinion is very good. " In Chapter 9 of the red sun by Wu Qiang