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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

本末倒置 [běnmòdàozhì]
  1. 1. [Chinese idiom] take the branch for the root; put the incidental before the fundamental
    强调方法而忽视内容是本末倒置
    To put emphasis on method at the expense of content is to put the cart before the horse.
    我们做事不能本末倒置

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

本末倒置 [běnmòdàozhì]
  1. 1. 树根和树梢倒过来放。比喻把事物的主次搞颠倒了。

Examples

强调方法而忽视内容是本末倒置
To put emphasis on method at the expense of content is to put the cart before the horse. 本末倒置
本末倒置
take the branch for the root; put the incidental before the fundamental
我们做事不能本末倒置 本末倒置
本末倒置
put the cart before the horse
本末倒置
put the cart before the horse 本末
本末倒置
本末倒置
本末倒置 本末

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