本末転倒

ほんまつてんとう

putting the cart before the horse

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Meanings

  1. noun, takes する, intransitive, four-character idiom putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards

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In sentences

それでは本末転倒ほんまつてんとうだ。 That's reversing the logical order of things. #205750

それって本末転倒ほんまつてんとうだろ。 You've got your priorities backwards. #205789