Read Edit View history 本末舛逆 běnmòchuǎnnì to put the cart before the horse Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 本末舛逆 běnmòchuǎnnì to put the cart before the horse The order of things or events is reversed; used as a metaphor for failing to distinguish between the fundamental and the incidental, or between what is urgent and what can wait Edit Delete References Add reference synonym 本末颠倒/本末顛倒 → 本末舛逆/本末舛逆 Edit Delete
本末舛逆 běnmòchuǎnnì to put the cart before the horse The order of things or events is reversed; used as a metaphor for failing to distinguish between the fundamental and the incidental, or between what is urgent and what can wait Edit Delete