心不在焉
Meanings
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- 1.absent-minded
- 2.preoccupied
- 3.inattentive
- 4.with one's thoughts wandering
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Wiktionary
- 1.absent-minded; absent-mindedly; preoccupied
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Etymology
From the Great Learning (《大學》) in the Book of Rites
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Stroke order
Components
Components from cjk-decomp · MIT
Characters
Example sentences
他在課堂上心不在焉。
He had his head in the clouds in class.
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