We’re happy to bring you free Chinese lessons. This series dives into idioms and proverbs, meaningful and practical. Today’s phrase is 「逐末舍本」, with its usage explained below.
The idiom 「逐末舍本」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.
Pursue trivial details and abandon the fundamental and main parts of things.
The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :
zhú mò shě běn
while its Cantonese pinyin is :
juk6 mut6 se3 bun2
Chinese idioms are incredibly numerous, each carrying a special meaning and usage. This variety is a great reason to study them, and we hope these tools make that easier for you.
