舍本逐末

wǒ men dào mù qián wéi zhǐ yī zhí zài zuò yī xiē shě běn zhú mò de shì qing

我们到目前为止一直在做一些舍本逐末的事情。

We have been running after the less important things so far.

shě běn zhú mò de zuò fǎ gěi wǒ men liú xia le tài duō de jiào xùn

舍本逐末的做法给我们留下了太多的教训。

The practice of hard forest for the trees left far too many lessons.

shě běn zhú mò měi nián dōu huì gěi qǐ yè hé gè rén dài lái shù shí yì měi yuán de chéng běn

“舍本逐末”每年都会给企业和个人带来数十亿美元的成本。

The "side show" costs businesses and people billions of dollars every single year.