本末倒置
本末倒置
běn mò dào zhì
lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect; to stress the incidental over the fundamental; to put the cart before the horse
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- (idiom, verb) lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
- to stress the incidental over the fundamental
- to put the cart before the horse
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Related Words
倒果为因(dào guǒ wéi yīn)— to reverse cause and effect
→轻重主次(qīng zhòng zhǔ cì)— to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the incidental and neglect the main point)
→轻重倒置(qīng zhòng dào zhì)— to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important)
→代数学基本定理(dài shù xué jī běn dìng lǐ)— fundamental theorem of algebra (every polynomial has a complex root)
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