轻重倒置
轻重倒置
qīng zhòng dào zhì
to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important); lacking a sense of perspective; to put the cart before the horse
verb
Traditional: 輕重倒置
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- (verb) to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important)
- lacking a sense of perspective
- to put the cart before the horse
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Related Words
轻重主次(qīng zhòng zhǔ cì)— to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the incidental and neglect the main point)
→本末倒置(běn mò dào zhì)— lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect
→不知轻重(bù zhī qīng zhòng)— lit. not knowing what's important (idiom); no appreciation of the gravity of things
→倒果为因(dào guǒ wéi yīn)— to reverse cause and effect
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