Here’s a free resource for learning Chinese. This series focuses on idioms and proverbs, useful for various expressions. Today’s topic is 「損本逐末」, as shown below.
The idiom 「損本逐末」 and its usage are explored below. Learn its meaning and applications here.
It’s like losing sight of the main point and pursuing the trivial. It means abandoning the fundamentals and focusing only on the details.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
sǔn běn zhú mò
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
syun2 bun2 juk6 mut6
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