玩物喪志

がんぶつそうし

Meanings

1. Noun forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal

Kanji

• 玩 toy. Read as ガン.
• 物 thing. Read as ブツ.
• 喪 mourning. Read as ソウ.
• 志 aspire. Read as シ.

Word lists

• Yojijukugo (四字熟語)

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