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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 玩物丧志
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 玩物丧志 | wán wù sàng zhì | - lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress - excessive attention to trivia saps the will |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | 36,898 | 62,810 | 31,698 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 玩 | wán | - to play - to have fun - to trifle with - toy - sth used for amusement - curio or antique (Taiwan pr. [wan4]) - to keep sth for entertainment |
| 玩 | wán | - variant of 玩[wan2] - Taiwan pr. [wan4] |
| 物 | wù | - (bound form) thing - (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself |
| 丧 | sāng | - mourning - funeral - (old) corpse |
| 丧 | sàng | - to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) - to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) - to die - disappointed - discouraged |
| 志 | zhì | - aspiration - ambition - the will |
| 志 | zhì | - sign - mark - to record - to write a footnote |
Other Words Containing 玩物丧志
Sorted by the 'SUBTLEX-CH' rank because that seems like the most reliable. Words without a SUBTLEX-CH rank are ignored for being too rare.
| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 玩物丧志 | - | - | 36,898 | 62,810 | 31,698 |