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本末倒置

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 and words in 本末倒置

běn = b + (e)n3
root / stem / origin / source / this / the current / original / inherent / originally / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
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the whole course of an event from beginning to end / ins and outs / the fundamental and the incidental
= m + o4
tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man
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dǎo = d + ao3
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
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dào = d + ao4
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
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zhì = zh + Ø4
to install / to place / to put / to buy
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Words with 本末倒置

本末倒置 is not used as a component in another word.

Sentences with 本末倒置

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