擒賊先擒王 (kam4 caak6 sin1 kam4 wong4) — in war one must first catch the leader of the enemy to win, this is a metaphor to say that one must grasp the key crux before embarking on something in Cantonese
kamˎ₄擒caakˍ₆賊sinˉ¹先kamˎ₄擒wongˎ₄王简 擒贼先擒王
Mandarin Pinyin: qin2 zei2 xian1 qin2 wang2
Meaning of 擒賊先擒王
nounin war one must first catch the leader of the enemy to win, this is a metaphor to say that one must grasp the key crux before embarking on something