本末顛倒

Chinese

	root or trunk of a tree and the branches; the fundamental and the incidental	to turn upside-down; to reverse; to be topsy-turvy
trad. (本末顛倒)	本末	顛倒
simp. (本末颠倒)	本末	颠倒
Literally: “to flip the root and branch”.

本末顛倒

Alternative spelling
本末顚倒 (kyūjitai)

For pronunciation and definitions of 本末顛倒 – see the following entry.

[noun] putting the cart before the horse, failing to properly evaluate relative importances

(This term, 本末顛倒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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