轻重倒置 (qīng zhòng dào zhì) | Meaning: to invert the importance of things (i.e. stress the unimportant and neglect the important) | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

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本末倒置běn mò dào zhì

to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom) · to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details舍本逐末shě běn zhú mò

to turn upside down · to reverse · back to front · confused · deranged · crazy颠倒diān dǎo

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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