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Meaning of 本末倒置

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běn dào zhì
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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Antonyms: 本末相顺
Example Sentences
1
We shouldn't put the cart before the horses.
2
Yet perhaps there's an upside to all of this.
3
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May cart before the horse, learning backwards.
4
To put emphasis on method at the expense of content is to put the cart before the horse.
5
That would be putting the cart before the horse.