Wèile zhuànqián ér xīshēng jiànkāng, jiǎnzhí shì běnmòdàozhì.
Sacrificing your health to make money is completely backwards.
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From the Jin-dynasty 《绥德州新学记》: 「非知治之审，则未尝不本末倒置」 — 'without a careful grasp of governance, root and branch will be upended.' 本 ('root') and 末 ('branch tip') come from the tree metaphor for priority ordering throughout classical Chinese thought.
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Think of a tree flipped upside-down: 本 (the root, what matters) is now on top and 末 (the branch tips, trivial details) dug into the ground — that's exactly backwards.
