本ほん末まつ転てん倒とう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する, intransitive)
Four character compound
1. putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the means for the end; getting one's priorities backwards
Kanji used
book
end part
roll around
collapse
Pitch accent
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んまつてんとう
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Composed of
essence and fringe; beginning and ending; root and branch; means and end
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind