Results, 本末転倒 #n

ほんまつてんとうhonmatsutentou Inflection

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

  • failing to properly evaluate the (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards - four character idiom

あなたanatano言っているitteiruことkotoha本末転倒honmatsutentoudato思わないomowanaiかいkai Don't you think you're putting the cart before the horse?

Kanji definition:

ホンHONもとmoto

book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things

Strokes:
5
Radical:
木 tree
SKIP:
4-5-3
UTF:
672c
JIS208:
43-60
Nanori:
まとmatoごうgou
Hangul:
본 [bon]
Pinyin:
běn
Stroke order:
Example words:
基本きほんkihon
foundation; basis; standard
本社ほんしゃhonsha
head office; main office; headquarters; parent company; / main shrine; / this company; this shrine
本部ほんぶhonbu
headquarters; head office; main office
本当ほんとうhontou
truth; reality; actuality; fact; / proper; right; correct; official; / genuine; authentic; natural; veritable
本人ほんにんhonnin
the person himself

マツMATSUバツBATSUすえsue

end; close; tip; powder; posterity

Strokes:
5
Radical:
木 tree
SKIP:
4-5-3
UTF:
672b
JIS208:
43-86
Hangul:
말 [mal]
Pinyin:
Stroke order:
Example words:
年末ねんまつnenmatsu
end-of-year
すえsue
tip; top; / end; close (e.g. close of the month); / youngest child; / descendants; offspring; posterity; / future; / finally; / trivialities
末期まっきmakki
closing years (period, days); last stage; end stage; end-of-life (care, decision making, etc.); / terminal (e.g. cancer, disease, etc.); final
週末しゅうまつshuumatsu
weekend
末端まったんmattan
end; tip; extremities; terminal

テンTENころがるkoro.garuころげるkoro.geruころがすkoro.gasuころkoro.buまろmaro.buうたたutataうつutsu.ruくるめくkuru.meku

revolve; turn around; change

Strokes:
11
Radical:
車 car
SKIP:
1-7-4
UTF:
8ee2
JIS208:
37-30
Hangul:
전 [jeon]
Pinyin:
zhuǎn / zhuǎi / zhuàn
Stroke order:
Example words:
運転うんてんunten
operation (of a machine, etc.); operating; running; run; / driving; / working (capital, etc.)
転換てんかんtenkan
conversion; diversion; changeover; commutation; switchover
運転手うんてんしゅuntenshu
driver; chauffeur
逆転ぎゃくてんgyakuten
(sudden) change; reversal; turn-around; coming from behind (baseball)
移転いてんiten
moving; relocation; change of address; / transfer (of deeds, property, etc.); demise

トウTOUたおれるtao.reru~だお dao.reたおtao.suさかさまsakasamaさかさsakasaさかしまsakashima

overthrow; fall; collapse; drop; break down

Strokes:
10
Radical:
人亻 human
SKIP:
1-2-8
UTF:
5012
JIS208:
37-61
Hangul:
도 [do]
Pinyin:
dǎo / dào
Stroke order:
Alternative stroke order:
Example words:
倒産とうさんtousan
(corporate) bankruptcy; insolvency; commercial failure; failed business
圧倒的あっとうてきattouteki
overwhelming
面倒めんどうmendou
trouble; bother; / trouble; difficulty; / care; attention
倒れるたおれるtaoreru
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to take a fall; to topple; / to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to cave in; to crumble; to give away; / to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to break down (e.g. from overwork); / to die; to be killed; / to go bankrupt (of a company, bank, etc.); to fail; to collapse; to go under; / to be defeated (in a game); to lose; / to fall (of a government, dictator, etc.); to be overthrown
前倒しまえだおしmaedaoshi
moving forward (e.g. plans); acceleration (e.g. of payment schedule); front-loading

Kanji

ホンHONもとmoto

book; present; main; origin; true; real; counter for long cylindrical things

マツMATSUバツBATSUすえsue

end; close; tip; powder; posterity


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