业荒于嬉
yè​huāng​yú​xī

neglecting work for play

  • created sense approved 业荒于嬉/業荒於嬉 · yè​huāng​yú​xī · neglecting work for play — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    业荒于嬉 / 業荒於嬉

    yè​huāng​yú​xī

    neglecting work for play

    To be distracted from one's work by pleasure and fail to achieve excellence; to neglect business for the sake of play.

    业 (literal) → 业/業 · yè · studies 荒于嬉 (literal) → 荒于嬉/荒於嬉 · huāng​yú​xī · neglect through play

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    created sense