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本末舛逆
běn​mò​chuǎn​nì

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. 舛逆 chuǎn​nì
    mixed up
    erroneous and reversed in order; jumbled