玩人丧德，玩物丧志玩人喪德，玩物喪志玩人喪德，玩物喪志

toying with people loses virtue; toying with things loses ambition

Saying俗语俗語

Proverb谚语諺語 · Widely known

Meaning: Manipulating others ruins your character, and being absorbed in trivial pleasures wears down your drive. A moral warning.

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Simplified: 玩人丧德，玩物丧志
Traditional (Taiwan): 玩人喪德，玩物喪志
Pinyin: wánrénsàngdé, wánwùsàngzhì
Bopomofo: ㄨㄢˊ ㄖㄣˊ ㄙㄤˋ ㄉㄜˊ，ㄨㄢˊ ㄨˋ ㄙㄤˋ ㄓˋ

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