put the cart before the horse(dào guǒ wéi yīn)

put the cart before the horse

In Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d à Ogu à w é iy à n, which means taking the result as the cause and reversing the causal relationship. It's from the grave, history of science.

Analysis of Idioms

Putting the cart before the horse

The origin of Idioms

Lu Xun's "grave: the history of science" said: "the scholars only pay attention to the current results of Japanese praise, but it's the cause

Idiom usage

It refers to the reversal of causality. example if the federal system of the United States is the reason for prosperity, it is the result of failure. The Fourth Lecture of Sun Yat Sen's civil rights

Chinese PinYin : dào guǒ wéi yīn