"捨本逐末" meaning in Chinese

See 捨本逐末 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /sɛː³⁵ puːn³⁵ t͡sʊk̚² muːt̚²/ [Cantonese, Sinological-IPA], /ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/, /sɛː³⁵ puːn³⁵ t͡sʊk̚² muːt̚²/ Chinese transliterations: shěběnzhúmò [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ [Mandarin, bopomofo], se² bun² zuk⁶ mut⁶ [Cantonese, Jyutping], shěběnzhúmò [Phonetic:shéběnzhúmò] [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], shěběnjhúmò [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], shê³-pên³-chu²-mo⁴ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], shě-běn-jú-mwò [Mandarin, Yale], sheebeenjwumoh [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], шэбэньчжумо [Mandarin, Palladius], šɛbɛnʹčžumo [Mandarin, Palladius], sé bún juhk muht [Cantonese, Yale], se² bun² dzuk⁹ mut⁹ [Cantonese, Pinyin], sé² bun² zug⁶ mud⁶ [Cantonese, Guangdong-Romanization]
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 捨本逐末
  1. to attend to minor unimportant details while neglecting the essentials Tags: idiomatic
    Sense id: en-捨本逐末-zh-phrase-6XWw9rsc Categories (other): Chinese entries with incorrect language header

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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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    {
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          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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      "glosses": [
        "to attend to minor unimportant details while neglecting the essentials"
      ],
      "id": "en-捨本逐末-zh-phrase-6XWw9rsc",
      "links": [
        [
          "attend",
          "attend"
        ],
        [
          "neglect",
          "neglect"
        ],
        [
          "essential",
          "essential"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shěběnzhúmò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "se² bun² zuk⁶ mut⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shěběnzhúmò [Phonetic:shéběnzhúmò]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shěběnjhúmò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shê³-pên³-chu²-mo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shě-běn-jú-mwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sheebeenjwumoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэбэньчжумо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛbɛnʹčžumo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sé bún juhk muht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "se² bun² dzuk⁹ mut⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sé² bun² zug⁶ mud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː³⁵ puːn³⁵ t͡sʊk̚² muːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shéběnzhúmò]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː³⁵ puːn³⁵ t͡sʊk̚² muːt̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "捨本逐末"
}
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      "expansion": "捨本逐末",
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  ],
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
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      "categories": [
        "Cantonese four-character idioms",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
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        "Chinese lemmas",
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        "Mandarin four-character idioms",
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        "Mandarin lemmas"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to attend to minor unimportant details while neglecting the essentials"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "attend",
          "attend"
        ],
        [
          "neglect",
          "neglect"
        ],
        [
          "essential",
          "essential"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shěběnzhúmò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Jyutping"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "se² bun² zuk⁶ mut⁶"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shěběnzhúmò [Phonetic:shéběnzhúmò]"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shěběnjhúmò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shê³-pên³-chu²-mo⁴"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "shě-běn-jú-mwò"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sheebeenjwumoh"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "шэбэньчжумо"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "šɛbɛnʹčžumo"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/",
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sé bún juhk muht"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "se² bun² dzuk⁹ mut⁹"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Guangdong-Romanization"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "sé² bun² zug⁶ mud⁶"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː³⁵ puːn³⁵ t͡sʊk̚² muːt̚²/",
      "tags": [
        "Cantonese",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "other": "[Phonetic: shéběnzhúmò]"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sɛː³⁵ puːn³⁵ t͡sʊk̚² muːt̚²/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "捨本逐末"
}

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