志不在此
zhì​bù​zài​cǐ

to have ambitions elsewhere

  • created sense approved 志不在此 · zhì​bù​zài​cǐ · to have ambitions elsewhere — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    志不在此

    zhì​bù​zài​cǐ

    to have ambitions elsewhere

    to have one's goals or interests centered on something other than the matter at hand

    志 (literal) → 志 · zhì · will 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · to be at 此 (literal) → 此 · cǐ · this

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

    created sense