心不在焉
xīnbú-zàiyān
absent-minded; distracted
Every meaning
xīnbù-zàiyān
- absent-minded; distracted
Its characters
- 心xīnheart
- 不bùnot; no
- 在zàito be at; to be in
- 焉yānhow; why (in rhetorical questions)
Words with 心
Words with 不
Meanings from our own dictionary. Chengyu from the Xinhua idiom list, the most common first.