ZH TH VI EN DE ES IT FR ML
attend trifles and neglect essentials
die Wurzel vernachlässigen und das Ende suchen
trascurare la radice e cercare la fine
négligent la racine et cherchent la fin
descuidar la raíz y buscar el final
135 Gain, loss 得失 (déshī) attend trifles and neglect essentials 25 舍本求末 [捨----] shèběnqiúmò (abandon-root-seek-trifle) attend trifles and neglect essentials: 有人认为美国的小学教育只注重教学方法, 而不 注重教学质量, 是~的做法. Some people think that the primary education in the United States only focuses on teaching methods, and doesn’t pay attention to the quality of teaching. It’s attending to the trifles and neglecting the essentials. '