be absent-minded(xīn bù zài yān)

be absent-minded

Absent minded, Chinese idioms, Pinyin is x ī Nb ù Z à iy ā n, Yan: classical Chinese function words, equivalent to "here". It means that the mind is not here. It means that the mind is not concentrated. From the book of rites · University.

Idiom usage

Subject predicate; predicate, attribute, adverbial; derogatory. It seems that these are the characteristics of a dandy, universal and uniform. February by Rou Shi

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym] inattentive, inattentive, absent-minded, half hearted, absent-minded

The origin of Idioms

"Being absent-minded, seeing nothing, hearing nothing, eating without knowing its taste." ---Dai Sheng's book of rites Da Xue in the Western Han Dynasty

Chinese PinYin : xīn bù zài yān