心不在焉

xīn bù zài yān

Meaning

absent-minded; preoccupied; inattentive; with one's thoughts wandering

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心xīnheart; mind; soul 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix一在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense才土焉yānwhy? where? how?; strange; thereupon, then正灬