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主しゅ客かく顛てん倒とう
Meanings
Noun
Verb (する)
Four character compound
1. reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end
Alt. forms
主しゅ客かく転てん倒とう
主しゅ客かく顛てん倒とう
Kanji used
主
(one's) master
客
guest
顛
turn around
倒
collapse
Pitch accent
しゅ
かくてんとう
しゅ
かくてんとう
Conjugations...Used in: 8
Composed of
host and guest; the principal and the auxiliary; the principal and the subsidiary; subject and object; subject and object
fall; falling down; inversion; reversal; getting upset; losing one's presence of mind