English translation for "本末倒置"

[ běnmòdàozhì ] 
have the order reversed; begin at the wrong end; confuse cause and effect; place the unimportant before the important; put first things last or last things first; put [set] the cart before the horse; put the incidental before the fundamental; put the nonessentials before the essentials; take the branch for the root; take the root for the branch; the first and last turned around; the sauce is better than the fish; turn sth. upside down

Related Translations:

不要本末倒置:  don't put the cart before the horsedon't trouble trouble until trouble troubles you

勿本末倒置:  don't put the cart before the horse

Example Sentences:

	1.	Your trouble is you have got your priorities back to front ! 你因为本末倒置才出了麻烦！
	2.	Wait until we buy a cart before you build the garage; don't put the cart before the horse . 等我们把汽车买到你再修车库好了；不要本末倒置。
	3.	Once his only importance lay in the fact that he was her husband, but now the position was reversed . 以前，他唯一的尊严在于他是她的丈夫，而如今本末倒置了。
	4.	Your trouble is you ' ve got your priorities back to front 你因为本末倒置才出了麻烦
	5.	Don ' t put the cart before the horse 不要把车套在马前头. /不要本末倒置
	6.	But the world bank may have cause and effect reversed 但是世界银行似乎将事情本末倒置了。
	7.	Don ' t put the cart before the horse 不要把马车放在马前；勿本末倒置。
	8.	Never put the trivial above the important in doing anything 无论做任何事情切不可本末倒置
	9.	Caroline : don ' t you think this is putting the cart before the horse 凯罗兰:你不觉得那是本末倒置吗？
	10.	Don ' t put the cart before the horse 谚勿本末倒置。

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"本命占星学" English translation, "本模标本" English translation, "本模式为戈登" English translation, "本魔" English translation, "本末" English translation, "本末究竟等" English translation, "本莫尔阿辛特山" English translation, "本莫尔坝" English translation, "本莫尔峰" English translation, "本莫尔山" English translation