Read Edit View history 本末颠倒 běnmòdiāndǎo to confuse the essential with the nonessential Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 本末颠倒/ 本末顛倒 běnmòdiāndǎo 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. Edit Delete References Add reference synonym 本末颠倒/本末顛倒 → 本末倒置/本末倒置 Edit Delete synonym 本末颠倒/本末顛倒 → 本末舛逆/本末舛逆 Edit Delete synonym 本末颠倒/本末顛倒 → 轻重倒置/輕重倒置 Edit Delete synonym 本末颠倒/本末顛倒 → 倒因为果/倒因為果 Edit Delete
本末颠倒/ 本末顛倒 běnmòdiāndǎo 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. Edit Delete