Word details
본말
- Pronunciation
- 본말
- Part of speech
- noun
- Vocabulary level
- none
- Homonyms
- 2
what really happened; the beginning and the end of an event
The beginning and end of an affair or business.
priority
The important and unimportant parts of an affair or business.
Idioms
본말이 전도되다
The beginning and the end of an event is reversed; mistake the means for the ends; put the cart before the horse
To become a state where something important is not distinguishable from something unimportant.