业荒于嬉

to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)

surname Ye

line of business / industry / occupation / job / employment / school studies / enterprise / property / (Buddhism) karma / deed / to engage in / already

desolate / shortage / scarce / out of practice / absurd / uncultivated / to neglect

to go / to take / sentence-final interrogative particle / variant of 於|于[yu2]

(of time or place) in; at; on / (indicating any indirect relation) to; toward; vis-à-vis; with regard to; for / (indicating a source) from; out of / (used in comparison) than / (used in the passive voice) by

amusement