本末倒置 ( běn mò dào zhì )
【解釋】：本：樹根；末：樹梢；置：放。比喻把主次、輕重的位置弄顛倒。
【出自】：金·無名氏《綏德州新學記》：“然非知治之審，則未嘗不本末倒置。”
【示例】：該簡者你卻詳而不簡，該詳者你又簡而不詳。～，批評你還不願意？亂彈琴！ ◎麯波《林海雪原》一二
【近義詞】：輕重倒置、本求末
【反義詞】：以一持萬、本末相順、分清主次
【語法】：主謂式；作謂語、賓語、定語；比喻弄錯事物的輕重主次
燈 謎 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