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本末倒置
běn​mò​dào​zhì

to put the cart before the horse

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 本末 běn​mò
    the fundamental and incidental
    The root and the branch; the essential and the non-essential parts of a matter.
  2. 倒置 dào​zhì
    to reverse
    to flip the normal or logical order of things, as in a sequence or priorities