To master Chinese, begin with characters, move to words, and then idioms. Here’s the idiom 「離本趣末」 explained, free of charge.
Today’s featured Chinese idiom is 「離本趣末」, and its meaning and usage are explained below.
Qu: same as “qu”, meaning tendency. Lose the basics and chase the end.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
lí běn qù mò
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
lei4 bun2 cheui3 mut6
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