- lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress
- excessive attention to trivia saps the will
Characters
- 玩 (玩): to play; to have fun; to trifle with; toy; sth used for amusement; curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]); to keep sth for entertainment
- 物 (物): (bound form) thing; (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- 丧 (喪): mourning; funeral; (old) corpse
- 志 (志): aspiration; ambition; the will
Resources
- Wiktionary: 玩物丧志
- MDBG: 玩物丧志
- Examples with 玩物丧志 on Tatoeba
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