本末顛倒

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Chinese

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root or trunk of a tree and the branches; the fundamental and the incidental to turn upside-down; to reverse; to be topsy-turvy
trad. (本末顛倒) 本末 顛倒
simp. (本末颠倒) 本末 颠倒
Literally: “to flip the root and branch”.

Pronunciation

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Idiom

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本末顛倒

  1. putting the cart before the horse

Synonyms

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Japanese

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Kanji in this term
ほん
Grade: 1
まつ
Grade: 4
てん
Hyōgai
とう
Grade: S
on'yomi
Alternative spelling
本末顚倒 (kyūjitai)
For pronunciation and definitions of 本末顛倒 – see the following entry.
本末転倒ほんまつてんとう
[noun] putting the cart before the horse, failing to properly evaluate relative importances
[verb] put the cart before the horse
(This term, 本末顛倒, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)