玩物丧志

玩
玩
物
物
丧
喪
志
志
lit. trifling destroys the will (idiom); infatuation with fine details prevents one making progress / excessive attention to trivia saps the will

Characters and words in 玩物丧志

玩
wán = w + an2
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 = 元 + 王 : Martin Luther King asks Willy Walrus for the entrance fee for tonight's concert just inside the anthill's kitchen. Willy Walrus makes fun out of snatching away the coin again just when Martin is about to grab it. When he finally gives it to Martin Luther King, Martin finds out that it's just a toy chocolate coin.
玩
翫
wán = w + an2
variant of 玩[wan2] / Taiwan pr. [wan4]
玩 = 元 + 王 : Martin Luther King asks Willy Walrus for the entrance fee for tonight's concert just inside the anthill's kitchen. Willy Walrus makes fun out of snatching away the coin again just when Martin is about to grab it. When he finally gives it to Martin Luther King, Martin finds out that it's just a toy chocolate coin.
物
wù = w + Ø4
thing / object / matter / abbr. for physics 物理
物 = 勿 + 牛 : Willy Walrus (w) wants to become a physicist (物) and does research about dark matter (物) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). His motivation is to become a super villain and rule the world. Just as he is about to have a breakthrough, a huge black ox (牛) flying with the help of bat wings (勿) hits Willy with an oxerang and takes away the dark matter, saving the world.
丧
喪
sa̅ng = s + ang1
mourning / funeral / (old) corpse
丧
喪
sàng = s + ang4
to lose sth abstract but important (courage, authority, one's life etc) / to be bereaved of (one's spouse etc) / to die / disappointed / discouraged
丧 = 十 + 丷 + 𧘇 : The mean crocodile (丷) has been defeated (丧) and has to flee (丧) anglepod's bathroom (ang4). He has been defeated by Socrates (s) who stands on a step ladder (𧘇) wielding a huge cross (十).
丧
喪
志
志
to become demoralized / to lose one's sense of purpose
志
zhì = zh + Ø4
aspiration / ambition / the will
志
誌
zhì = zh + Ø4
sign / mark / to record / to write a footnote
志 = 士 + 心 : Mnemonic symbol: a sticky note. James II of England (zh) writes down his poems on sticky notes (志) in the space station's bathroom (Ø4). As he reads them to the bachelor (士), the bachelor is really moved by James II of England's ambitions (志) and wants to give James II of England his heart (心).

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