倒置 : to invert... : dào zhì | Definition | Mandarin Chinese Pinyin English Dictionary

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倒置

dào zhì
to invert

Example Usage
本末倒置

běn mò 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
轻重倒置 Trad. 輕重倒置

qīng zhòng dào zhì
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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