玩物喪志

がんぶつそうし

ganbutsusoushi

noun

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forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits, being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal(yojijukugo)

Related Kanji

玩	play, take pleasure in, trifle with, make sport of
物	thing, object, matter
喪	miss, mourning
志	intention, plan, resolve, aspire, motive, hopes, shilling