📖 Meaning
To focus on trivial matters while neglecting the essential. To lose sight of what's truly important.
📜 Origin Story
From the Book of Han, describing agricultural neglect in favor of commerce.
💡 Example Usage
注重包装而忽视质量，就是舍本逐末。
Focusing on packaging while neglecting quality is abandoning the root for the branches.
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🔤 Quick Facts
- Chinese: 舍本逐末
- Pinyin: shě běn zhú mò
- Literal Translation: abandon root, pursue branches
- Category: Priority
- Characters: 4