本末倒置

Chinese

		root or trunk of a tree and the branches; the fundamental and the incidental	to place upside down; to invert; to invert
simp. and trad. (本末倒置)		本末	倒置

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): běnmòdàozhì

(Zhuyin): ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): bun² mut⁶ dou² zi³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Pinyin: běnmòdàozhì
  - Zhuyin: ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: beenmohdawjyh
  - IPA ^(key): /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
  - Jyutping: bun² mut⁶ dou² zi³
  - Yale: bún muht dóu ji
  - Cantonese Pinyin: bun² mut⁹ dou² dzi³
  - Guangdong Romanization: bun² mud⁶ dou² ji³
  - IPA ^(key): /puːn³⁵ muːt̚² tou̯³⁵ t͡siː³³/

Idiom

本末倒置

putting the cart before the horse

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