attend to trifles to the neglect of essentials

attend to trifles to the neglect of essentials

As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Ju ā Nb ě nzh ú m ò, which means abandoning the root and pursuing the last. It comes from biography of Li'er in northern history.

Notes on Idioms

Donate: abandon; Chase: chase.

The origin of Idioms

Biography of Li'er in northern history: "donating the source to pursue the end, flowing all over China, passing on the prime minister to master the ancestor, and getting more and more fans after a long time."

Idiom usage

It refers to abandoning the root and pursuing the last part.