本末顛倒 (ほんまつてんとう) — putting the cart before the horse, mistaking the means for the end, getting one's priorities backwards | Kakuso

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Meaning

putting the cart before the horse mistaking the means for the end and getting one's priorities backwards

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putting the cart before the horse, mistaking the means for the end, getting one's priorities backwards

ほんまつてんとう

本

book, present, main...

木

き, こ-, ボク

丨

number one, line, rod radical (no. 2)

すす.む, しりぞ.く, コン

末

end, close, tip...

すえ, うら, マツ

木

き, こ-, ボク

丿

katakana no radical (no. 4)

えい, よう, ヘツ

顛

overturn, summit, origin

いただき, たお.れる, テン

真

true, reality, Buddhist sect

ま, ま-, シン

十

とお, と, ジュウ

具

tool, utensil, means...

そな.える, つぶさ.に, グ

目

eye, class, look...

め, -め, モク

頁

ぺえじ, おおがい, ケツ

貝

目

eye, class, look...

め, -め, モク

八

eight, eight radical (no. 12)

や, や.つ, ハチ

倒

overthrow, fall, collapse...

たお.れる, -だお.れ, トウ

亻

( 人 ) radical number 9

到

arrival, proceed, reach...

いた.る, トウ

至

climax, arrive, proceed...

いた.る, シ

𠫔

一

one, one radical (no.1)

ひと-, ひと.つ, イチ

厶

I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)

わたくし, ござ.る, シ

厶

I, myself, katakana mu radical (no. 28)

わたくし, ござ.る, シ

土

soil, earth, ground...

つち, ド, ト

刂

( 刀 ) knife, standing sword radical (no. 18)

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