本末顛倒
běn​mò​diān​dǎo

to confuse the essential with the nonessential

  • created reference approved 本末颠倒/本末顛倒 → 本末倒置 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    本末颠倒 / 本末顛倒 běn​mò​diān​dǎo

    本末倒置 běn​mò​dào​zhì

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  • created reference approved 本末颠倒/本末顛倒 → 本末舛逆 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    本末颠倒 / 本末顛倒 běn​mò​diān​dǎo

    本末舛逆 běn​mò​chuǎn​nì

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  • created reference approved 本末颠倒/本末顛倒 → 轻重倒置/輕重倒置 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    本末颠倒 / 本末顛倒 běn​mò​diān​dǎo

    轻重倒置 / 輕重倒置 qīng​zhòng​dào​zhì

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  • created reference approved 本末颠倒/本末顛倒 → 倒因为果/倒因為果 (synonym) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    本末颠倒 / 本末顛倒 běn​mò​diān​dǎo

    倒因为果 / 倒因為果 dào​yīn​wéi​guǒ

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  • created sense approved 本末颠倒/本末顛倒 · běn​mò​diān​dǎo · to confuse the essential with the nonessential — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    本末颠倒 / 本末顛倒

    běn​mò​diān​dǎo

    to confuse the essential with the nonessential

    To reverse the primary and secondary importance of things; to put the incidental before the fundamental or the cart before the horse.

    本末 (literal) → 本末 · běn​mò · the fundamental and incidental 颠倒 (literal) → 颠倒/顛倒 · diān​dǎo · to invert

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