舍本逐末
shě​běn​zhú​mò

neglect essentials

  • created sense approved 舍本逐末/捨本逐末 · shě​běn​zhú​mò · neglect essentials

    舍本逐末 / 捨本逐末

    shě​běn​zhú​mò

    neglect essentials

    to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on trivial details

    学习如果不重基础而只求高难度的题目，那就是舍本逐末。

    idiom

    created sense