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Here’s the idiom 「棄本逐末」, with its definition and practical application described below.
Abandon: give up; pursue: pursue. In ancient times, it referred to abandoning farming and engaging in other businesses such as industry and commerce. It is now used to describe the act of not grasping the fundamental links, but only focusing on minor issues.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
qì běn zhú mò
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
hei3 bun2 juk6 mut6
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