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')

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• 周書 旅獒 Zhou Shu - Hounds of Lu Book of Documents 尚書 — count: 1
• 卷四百二十八 列傳第一百八十七 道學二 程氏門人 劉絢 李籲 謝良佐 游酢 張繹 蘇昞 尹焞 楊時 羅從彥 李侗 Volume 428 Biographies 187: Taoist Scholars 2 - Cheng Shimenren, Liu Xuan, Li Yu, Xie Liangzuo, You Cu, Zhang Yi, Su Bing, Yin Tun, Yang Shi, Luo Congyan, Li Tong History of Song 宋史 — count: 1