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舍本逐末

捨本逐末
shě běn zhú

Meanings

CC-CEDICT

shě běn zhú
  1. 1.to neglect the root and pursue the tip (idiom)
  2. 2.to neglect fundamentals and concentrate on details

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Wiktionary

  1. 1.to attend to minor unimportant details while neglecting the essentials

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

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