Characters

• 舍 (捨): to give up; to abandon; to give alms
• 本 (本): (bound form) root; stem; (bound form) origin; source; (bound form) one's own; this; (bound form) this; the current (year etc); (bound form) original; (bound form) inherent; originally; initially; capital; principal; classifier for books, periodicals, files etc
• 逐 (逐): (bound form) to pursue; to chase away; individually; one by one
• 末 (末): tip; end; final stage; latter part; inessential detail; powder; dust; opera role of old man

Resources

• Wiktionary: 舍本逐末
• MDBG: 舍本逐末
• Examples with 舍本逐末 on Tatoeba

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