"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] Forms: 舍本逐末
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 捨本逐末
  1. to attend to minor unimportant details while neglecting the essentials Tags: idiomatic
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    {
      "form": "舍本逐末",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
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      "name": "head"
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  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Cantonese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Mandarin chengyu",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "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"
}
{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "舍本逐末",
      "raw_tags": [
        "Simplified Chinese"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "zh",
        "2": "idiom"
      },
      "expansion": "捨本逐末",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Chinese",
  "lang_code": "zh",
  "pos": "phrase",
  "senses": [
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        "Cantonese chengyu",
        "Cantonese idioms",
        "Cantonese lemmas",
        "Chinese chengyu",
        "Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 捨",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 末",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 本",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 逐",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "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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