弃本逐末 qìběnzhúmò to neglect the fundamentals for the trivial Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 弃本逐末 棄本逐末 qìběnzhúmò to neglect the fundamentals for the trivial To neglect the essential or important parts of a matter in order to pursue minor or unimportant details. Frequency Written text 0.006 per million Cross-References Synonym 舍本逐末 shěběnzhúmò舍本求末 shěběnqiúmò Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
弃本逐末 棄本逐末 qìběnzhúmò to neglect the fundamentals for the trivial To neglect the essential or important parts of a matter in order to pursue minor or unimportant details. Frequency Written text 0.006 per million Cross-References Synonym 舍本逐末 shěběnzhúmò舍本求末 shěběnqiúmò Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
