It means: abandon the fundamental and main, and pursue the minor and secondary. Metaphor does not grasp the fundamental link, but only works hard on side issues.

Make sentences:

1, things have a beginning and an end, and things have an end. Do things step by step, don't give up everything.

2, don't catch the shadow and lose the essence, don't give up the basics.

3. If we don't enrich the content and only work hard on the packaging, it will seem that we are chasing after the end.

4. It is also possible that the whole operation will be a practice of putting the cart before the horse.

5, can't grasp the root of the problem, blindly in the last quarter, that is, give up the basics.

attend to trifles and neglect essentials

Pronunciation shě běn zhú mò

The source "Hanshu Shihuozhi": "Abandoning the root and chasing the end, the tiller can't be half, and the evil can't be banned. It started with money."