本末倒置 ( běn mò dào zhì )
【解释】：本：树根；末：树梢；置：放。比喻把主次、轻重的位置弄颠倒了。
【出自】：金·无名氏《绥德州新学记》：“然非知治之审，则未尝不本末倒置。”
【示例】：该简者你却详而不简，该详者你又简而不详。～，批评你还不愿意？乱弹琴！ ◎曲波《林海雪原》一二
【近义词】：轻重倒置、舍本求末
【反义词】：以一持万、本末相顺、分清主次
【语法】：主谓式；作谓语、宾语、定语；比喻弄错了事物的轻重主次
灯 谜 半；瓶底朝天；跋作序言
【英文】：take the branch for the root ；put the incidental before the fundamental ；put the cart before the horse
英文解释
: Put the cart before the horse.
n.: put the cart before the horse, set the cart before the horse, the cart draws the horse, the cart leads the horse, put the cart before the horse, put the ,cart before the `horse reverse the logical order of things, eg by saying that the result of sth is what caused it, take the branch for the root, put the incidental before the fundamental
法文解释
v. prendre la branche pour la racine, prendre le secondaire pour le principal, mettre la charrue devant les bœufs, renverser l'ordre naturel des choses