欲善其事，必先利其器
Traditional form:
欲善其事，必先利其器
Pinyin (reading):
yùshànqíshì,bìxiānlìqíqì
Definitions:
- To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job
Characters:
- 欲 - desire, want, longing, intent
- 善 - good, virtuous, charitable, kind
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 必 - surely, certainly; must; will
- 先 - first, former, previous
- 利 - gains, advantage, profit, merit
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 器 - device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel
Traditional characters:
- 欲 - desire, want, longing, intent
- 善 - good, virtuous, charitable, kind
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 事 - affair, matter, business; to serve; accident, incident
- 必 - surely, certainly; must; will
- 先 - first, former, previous
- 利 - gains, advantage, profit, merit
- 其 - his, her, its, their; that
- 器 - device, instrument, tool; receptacle, vessel