"本末顛倒" meaning in Chinese

See 本末顛倒 in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Phrase

IPA: /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ [Mandarin, Sinological-IPA], /pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/ Chinese transliterations: běnmòdiāndǎo [Mandarin, Pinyin], ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˇ [Mandarin, bopomofo], běnmòdiāndǎo [Hanyu-Pinyin, Mandarin], běnmòdiandǎo [Mandarin, Tongyong-Pinyin], pên³-mo⁴-tien¹-tao³ [Mandarin, Wade-Giles], běn-mwò-dyān-dǎu [Mandarin, Yale], beenmohdiandao [Gwoyeu-Romatsyh, Mandarin], бэньмодяньдао [Mandarin, Palladius], bɛnʹmodjanʹdao [Mandarin, Palladius] Forms: 本末颠倒
Head templates: {{head|zh|idiom}} 本末顛倒
  1. putting the cart before the horse Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: 本末倒置 (běnmòdàozhì)
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  "literal_meaning": "to flip the root and branch",
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        "putting the cart before the horse"
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          "putting the cart before the horse",
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      "tags": [
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˇ"
    },
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "běnmòdiāndǎo"
    },
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        "Tongyong-Pinyin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "běnmòdiandǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pên³-mo⁴-tien¹-tao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "běn-mwò-dyān-dǎu"
    },
    {
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        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beenmohdiandao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бэньмодяньдао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bɛnʹmodjanʹdao"
    },
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        "Mandarin",
        "Sinological-IPA"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/"
    }
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  "word": "本末顛倒"
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  "lang_code": "zh",
  "literal_meaning": "to flip the root and branch",
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        "Chinese idioms",
        "Chinese lemmas",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 倒",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 末",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 本",
        "Chinese terms spelled with 顛",
        "Chinese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Mandarin chengyu",
        "Mandarin idioms",
        "Mandarin lemmas",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
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      "glosses": [
        "putting the cart before the horse"
      ],
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          "putting the cart before the horse",
          "put the cart before the horse"
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        "Mandarin",
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "běnmòdiāndǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "bopomofo"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "ㄅㄣˇ ㄇㄛˋ ㄉㄧㄢ ㄉㄠˇ"
    },
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        "Hanyu-Pinyin",
        "Mandarin"
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      "zh-pron": "běnmòdiāndǎo"
    },
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      ],
      "zh-pron": "běnmòdiandǎo"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Wade-Giles"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "pên³-mo⁴-tien¹-tao³"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Yale"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "běn-mwò-dyān-dǎu"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "Gwoyeu-Romatsyh",
        "Mandarin"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "beenmohdiandao"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "бэньмодяньдао"
    },
    {
      "tags": [
        "Mandarin",
        "Palladius"
      ],
      "zh-pron": "bɛnʹmodjanʹdao"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ mu̯ɔ⁵¹ ti̯ɛn⁵⁵ tɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹⁽⁴⁾/",
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      "word": "本末倒置"
    }
  ],
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}

Download raw JSONL data for 本末顛倒 meaning in Chinese (1.8kB)

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