本末倒置
Traditional form:
本末倒置
Pinyin (reading):
běnmòdàozhì
Definitions:
- lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
- to stress the incidental over the fundamental
- to put the cart before the horse
Characters:
- 本 - root, origin, source; basis
- 末 - end, final, last; insignificant
- 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
- 置 - to lay out, to place, to set aside
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