本末倒置 (běn mò dào zhì) | Meaning: lit. to invert root and branch (idiom); fig. confusing cause and effect | Chinese Idiom with Pinyin & Origin

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轻重倒置qīng zhòng dào zhì

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

lit. the voice of the guest overwhelms that of the host (idiom) · fig. a minor player upstages the main attraction · minor details obscure the main point · the sauce is better than the fish喧宾夺主xuān bīn duó zhǔ

to buy a wooden box and return the pearls inside · to show poor judgment (idiom)买椟还珠mǎi dú huán zhū

to reverse cause and effect · to put the horse before the cart倒果为因dào guǒ wéi yīn

lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom) · fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities剖腹藏珠pōu fù cáng zhū

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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