轻重倒置

Traditional form:

輕重倒置

Pinyin (reading):

qīngzhòngdàozhì

Definitions:

• to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important)
• lacking a sense of perspective
• to put the cart before the horse

Characters:

• 轻 - light, gentle; simple, easy
• 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
• 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
• 置 - to lay out, to place, to set aside

Traditional characters:

• 輕 - light, gentle; simple, easy
• 重 - heavy, weighty; to double, to repeat
• 倒 - to collapse, to fall over; to lie down
• 置 - to lay out, to place, to set aside