玩物丧志 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 玩物喪志 wánwùsàngzhì ㄨㄢˊ ㄨˋ ㄙㄤˋ ㄓˋ lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom) infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress excessive attention to trivia saps the will Character by character 玩(wán)play 物(wù)thing 丧(sàng)lose sth abstract but important 志(zhì)aspiration A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0