jpdb beta

Login or Sign up
主しゅ客きゃく顛てん倒とう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
Four character compound
1. reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end
Alt. forms
主しゅ客かく転てん倒とう
主しゅ客かく顛てん倒とう
しゅかくてんとう
Kanji used
主
(one's) master
客
guest
顛
turn around
倒
collapse
Pitch accent
しゅ
きゃくてんとう
しゅ
きゃ
くてんとう
Conjugations...Used in: 5
Composed of
host and guest; principal and auxiliary; subject and object (philosophical); subject and object
falling down; tumbling; reversing; inverting; getting upset