Read Edit View history 舍本求末 shěběnqiúmò to neglect the fundamentals for the trivial Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 舍本求末 捨本求末 shěběnqiúmò to neglect the fundamentals for the trivial to attend to the superficial while neglecting the essentials; to chase the branch and forget the root Frequency Written text 0.061 per million Cross-References Synonym 弃本逐末 qìběnzhúmò Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
舍本求末 捨本求末 shěběnqiúmò to neglect the fundamentals for the trivial to attend to the superficial while neglecting the essentials; to chase the branch and forget the root Frequency Written text 0.061 per million Cross-References Synonym 弃本逐末 qìběnzhúmò Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)