本末倒置 (běn mò dào zhì): lit. to invert root and branch ; fig. confusing cause and effect; to stress the incidental over the fundamental; to put the cart before the horse
本末倒置
lit. to invert root and branch ; fig. confusing cause and effect; to stress the incidental over the fundamental; to put the cart before the horse
Root and branch put the wrong way round. The exact phrase for a process that has quietly become more important than whatever it was set up to produce.
The same saying in Japanese: 本末転倒