心不在焉
xīn​bù​zài​yān

absentminded

  • created sense approved 心不在焉 · xīn​bù​zài​yān · absentminded — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    心不在焉

    xīn​bù​zài​yān

    absentminded

    absentminded; preoccupied; inattentive; one's thoughts are elsewhere or wandering.

    xīn​bú​zài​yān

    心 (literal) → 心 · xīn · mind 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · to be at 焉 (literal) → 焉 · yān · [pronoun/prepositional]

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

    created sense