Dictionary content from CC-CEDICT De keizer is ver weg - boek met wilde avonturen in China

本末倒置

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Pīnyīn
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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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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
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Cangjie
splitcomponent searchdrawdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *本* | 本* | *本
5画
root, origin, source; basis
4040.3 5023.0
DM
splitcomponent searchdrawdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *末* | 末* | *末
5画
final, last, end; insignificant
5090.0
DJ
splitcomponent searchdrawdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *倒* | 倒* | *倒
10画
fall over; lie down; take turns
2220.0
OMGN
splitcomponent searchdrawdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *置* | 置* | *置
13画
place, lay out; set aside
6071.6
WLJBM

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
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
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *本* | 本* | *本
(bound form) root; stem / (bound form) origin; source / (bound form) one's own; this / (bound form) this; the current (year etc) / (bound form) original / (bound form) inherent / originally; initially / capital; principal / classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
the whole course of an event from beginning to end / ins and outs / the fundamental and the incidental
 
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *末* | 末* | *末
tip / end / final stage / latter part / inessential detail / powder / dust / opera role of old man
  
  dǎo
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to fall; to collapse; to lie horizontally / to fail; to go bankrupt / to overthrow / to change (trains or buses) / to move around / to resell at a profit
  
  dào
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *倒* | 倒* | *倒
to invert; to place upside down or frontside back / to pour out / to tip out; to dump / inverted; upside down; reversed / to go backward / contrary to what one might expect; but; yet
  
to invert
   
   zhì
charactercopypronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *置* | 置* | *置
to install / to place / to put / to buy