本末舛逆
běn​mò​chuǎn​nì

to put the cart before the horse

  • created sense approved 本末舛逆 · běn​mò​chuǎn​nì · to put the cart before the horse — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    本末舛逆

    běn​mò​chuǎn​nì

    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

    本末 (literal) → 本末 · běn​mò · the fundamental and incidental 舛逆 (literal) → 舛逆 · chuǎn​nì · mixed up

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense