běn​mò​diān​dǎo

to confuse the essential with the nonessential

Senses

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.

References

synonym 本末颠倒/本末顛倒 本末倒置/本末倒置
synonym 本末颠倒/本末顛倒 本末舛逆/本末舛逆
synonym 本末颠倒/本末顛倒 轻重倒置/輕重倒置
synonym 本末颠倒/本末顛倒 倒因为果/倒因為果