玩物丧志 (玩物喪志) wán wù sàngzhì

wán wù sàngzhì set phrase trifling destroys the will; infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress
Domain: Idiom 成语
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '玩物喪志')

Word is mentioned most frequently in

Truncated for common words

• Scroll 16 Tan Jin Wenji 鐔津文集 — count: 1
• Scroll 10 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 1
• Scroll 22 The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義 — count: 1

Collocations

• 玩人丧德玩物丧志 (玩人喪德玩物喪志) 下桑浪反尚書曰百姓如喪考妣禮記曰玩人喪德玩物喪志鄭注云亾失位也說文亾也從哭亾聲也哭字從犬從吅 — The Sounds and Meanings of all the Terms in the Canonical Texts 一切經音義, Scroll 10 — count: 2