心不在焉
xīn bù zài yān
Pinyin
Definition
心不在焉
-
- absent-minded
- preoccupied
- inattentive
- with one's thoughts wandering
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 (negative prefix)
- 2 not
- 3 no
- 1 (located) at
- 2 (to be) in
- 3 to exist
- 4 in the middle of doing sth
- 5 (indicating an action in progress)
- 1 now
- 2 at present
- 3 at the moment
- 4 modern
- 5 current
- 6 nowadays
Idioms (20)
一不做,二不休
- 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
- 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
- 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
- 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
- 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
- 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
- 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
- 2 spotless
一字不提
- 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive