Advance from the beginning to the end

Advance from the beginning to the end

In Chinese idioms, Pinyin is j ì Nb ě NTU ì m ò, which means to attach importance to the fundamental and main things and to restrain the direct and secondary ones. It comes from Ben Yi, a treatise on salt and iron.

The origin of Idioms

In the Western Han Dynasty, Huan Kuan's on salt and iron, Ben Yi said, "if you want to stop the discussion of salt and iron and wine, you will lose. Therefore, if you advance from the beginning to the end, you will benefit agriculture widely."

Idiom usage

It refers to attaching importance to the root