冠かん履り転てん倒とう

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Meanings

noun

disorder; chaos; inversion of the natural order

yojijukugo (four-character idiom)rare term

A rare yojijukugo literally meaning 'caps and shoes are reversed', used to describe a situation where the proper order of things is turned upside down, such as social hierarchy or logical precedence.

彼かれの提てい案あんは冠かん履り転てん倒とうも甚はなはだしい。
His proposal is a complete inversion of the proper order.
この組そ織しきでは冠かん履り転てん倒とうの人じん事じがまかり通とおっている。
In this organization, personnel decisions that turn the natural order upside down are accepted.