玩物喪志

がんぶつそうしganbutsusoushi

noun

  1. forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits
  2. being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal

Kanji in this word

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Data from JMdict, KANJIDIC2 (EDRDG), KanjiVG, CC-CEDICT and Make Me a Hanzi. Sources and licences