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From: MDBG CC-CEDICT Chinese-English Dictionary 漢英字典

 玩物喪志 [ㄨㄢˊ ㄨˋ ㄙㄤˋ ㄓˋ; wan2 wu4 sang4 zhi4]
 lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress
 excessive attention to trivia saps the will

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From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 玩物喪志
 がんぶつそうし
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits
 being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal

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