日久玩生
rì​jiǔ​wán​shēng

discipline becomes lax

  • created sense approved 日久玩生 · rì​jiǔ​wán​shēng · discipline becomes lax — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    日久玩生

    rì​jiǔ​wán​shēng

    discipline becomes lax

    familiarity or the passage of time breeds negligence; the tendency for discipline and respect for rules to diminish as time goes by

    rì​jiǔ​wàn​shēng

    日久 (literal) → 日久 · rì​jiǔ · over time 玩 (literal) → 玩 · wán · to trifle with 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to give rise to

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense