put the cart before the horse
The Chinese idiom ch ē Z à im ǎ Qi á n is used for pinyin. It's from the book of rites.
The origin of Idioms
"The book of rites · Xueji" says: "if you start to drive a horse, it will be in front of the horse."
Idiom usage
In any job we do, there is a process of "the car is in front of the horse".
put the cart before the horse
Only state officials are allowed to set fire, and people are not allowed to light lamps - zhǐxǔzhōu guān fàng huǒ,bùxǔbǎi xìng diǎn
make up deficiency by funds elsewhere - yí dōng jiù xī
have one 's own way of doing things - zì zuò zhǔ zhāng
behave as if nothing had happened - xíng ruò wú shì