本末倒置 běnmòdàozhì to put the cart before the horse Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 本末倒置 běnmòdàozhì to put the cart before the horse To invert the root and the branch; to focus on the minor details while neglecting the essentials or to confuse the cause and effect. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.210 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.703 per million Cross-References Synonym 本末颠倒 běnmòdiāndǎo冠履倒置 guānlǚdàozhì冠履倒易 guānlǚdàoyì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
本末倒置 běnmòdàozhì to put the cart before the horse To invert the root and the branch; to focus on the minor details while neglecting the essentials or to confuse the cause and effect. Frequency Movie subtitles 0.210 per million appears in 0% of films Written text 0.703 per million Cross-References Synonym 本末颠倒 běnmòdiāndǎo冠履倒置 guānlǚdàozhì冠履倒易 guānlǚdàoyì Sources Frequency data SUBTLEX-CHBCC Corpus (BLCU)
