捨本逐末

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捨本逐末

  • shěběnzhúmò Mandarin, Pinyin
  • ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ Mandarin, Bopomofo
  • se² bun² zuk⁶ mut⁶ Cantonese, Jyutping
  • shěběnzhúmò Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • shéběnzhúmò Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Pinyin
  • ㄕㄜˇ ㄅㄣˇ ㄓㄨˊ ㄇㄛˋ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Bopomofo
  • shěběnjhúmò Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Tongyong Pinyin
  • shê³-pên³-chu²-mo⁴ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Wade–Giles
  • shě-běn-jú-mwò Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Yale
  • sheebeenjwumoh Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Gwoyeu Romatsyh
  • шэбэньчжумо Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Cyrillic
  • /ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ pən²¹⁴⁻²¹ ʈ͡ʂu³⁵ mu̯ɔ⁵¹/ Mandarin, Standard Chinese, Sinological IPA
  • se² bun² zuk⁶ mut⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • sé bún juhk muht Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • se² bun² dzuk⁹ mut⁹ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • sé² bun² zug⁶ mud⁶ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou
  • /sɛː³⁵ puːn³⁵ t͡sʊk̚² muːt̚²/ Cantonese, Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou

phrase 舍本逐末

  1. 指人民不務農業而從事工商
  2. 指人不求事物的根本大端,只重視微末小節

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@misc{micwyn_2026,
  title = {捨本逐末},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/zh/%E6%8D%A8%E6%9C%AC%E9%80%90%E6%9C%AB},
  urldate = {2026-11-08}
}