See 本末倒置 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "本末倒置",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to invert root and branch",
"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": [],
"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": [
"putting the cart before the horse"
],
"id": "en-本末倒置-zh-phrase-geVXI2tb",
"links": [
[
"putting the cart before the horse",
"put the cart before the horse"
]
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "běnmòdiāndǎo",
"word": "本末顛倒"
},
{
"roman": "běnmòdiāndǎo",
"word": "本末颠倒"
}
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "běnmòdàozhì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bun² mut⁶ dou² zi³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "běnmòdàozhì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "běnmòdàojhìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pên³-mo⁴-tao⁴-chih⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "běn-mwò-dàu-jr̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "beenmohdawjyh"
},
{
"roman": "bɛnʹmodaočži",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "бэньмодаочжи"
},
{
"ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bun² mut⁶ dou² zi³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bún muht dóu ji"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bun² mut⁹ dou² dzi³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bun² mud⁶ dou² ji³"
},
{
"ipa": "/puːn³⁵ muːt̚² tou̯³⁵ t͡siː³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"word": "本末倒置"
}
{
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "zh",
"2": "idiom"
},
"expansion": "本末倒置",
"name": "head"
}
],
"lang": "Chinese",
"lang_code": "zh",
"literal_meaning": "to invert root and branch",
"pos": "phrase",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Cantonese chengyu",
"Cantonese idioms",
"Cantonese lemmas",
"Chinese chengyu",
"Chinese entries with incorrect language header",
"Chinese idioms",
"Chinese lemmas",
"Chinese terms spelled with 倒",
"Chinese terms spelled with 末",
"Chinese terms spelled with 本",
"Chinese terms spelled with 置",
"Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Mandarin chengyu",
"Mandarin idioms",
"Mandarin lemmas",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries"
],
"glosses": [
"putting the cart before the horse"
],
"links": [
[
"putting the cart before the horse",
"put the cart before the horse"
]
],
"tags": [
"idiomatic"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "běnmòdàozhì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bun² mut⁶ dou² zi³"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "běnmòdàozhì"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Bopomofo"
],
"zh_pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄠˋ ㄓˋ"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Tongyong-Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "běnmòdàojhìh"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Wade-Giles"
],
"zh_pron": "pên³-mo⁴-tao⁴-chih⁴"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "běn-mwò-dàu-jr̀"
},
{
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Gwoyeu-Romatsyh"
],
"zh_pron": "beenmohdawjyh"
},
{
"roman": "bɛnʹmodaočži",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Palladius"
],
"zh_pron": "бэньмодаочжи"
},
{
"ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹⁻⁵³ tɑʊ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ ʈ͡ʂʐ̩⁵¹/",
"tags": [
"Mandarin",
"Standard-Chinese",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Jyutping"
],
"zh_pron": "bun² mut⁶ dou² zi³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Yale"
],
"zh_pron": "bún muht dóu ji"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Cantonese",
"Pinyin"
],
"zh_pron": "bun² mut⁹ dou² dzi³"
},
{
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Guangdong-Romanization"
],
"zh_pron": "bun² mud⁶ dou² ji³"
},
{
"ipa": "/puːn³⁵ muːt̚² tou̯³⁵ t͡siː³³/",
"raw_tags": [
"Standard-Cantonese",
"Hong Kong"
],
"tags": [
"Cantonese",
"Guangzhou",
"Sinological-IPA"
]
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"roman": "běnmòdiāndǎo",
"word": "本末顛倒"
},
{
"roman": "běnmòdiāndǎo",
"word": "本末颠倒"
}
],
"word": "本末倒置"
}
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