欲善其事，必先利其器

To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job

desire / appetite / passion / lust / greed

to wish for / to desire / variant of 慾|欲[yu4]

good (virtuous) / benevolent / well-disposed / good at sth / to improve or perfect

his / her / its / their / that / such / it (refers to sth preceding it)

matter / thing / item / work / affair / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1],回[hui2]

certainly / must / will / necessarily

early / prior / former / in advance / first

sharp / favorable / advantage / benefit / profit / interest / to do good to / to benefit

device / tool / utensil / CL:臺|台[tai2]

To do a good job, an artisan needs the best tools (idiom). Good tools are prerequisite to the successful execution of a job