魂不守舍 — Chinese idiom
魂不守舍
hún bù shǒu shè
Meaning
- to be preoccupied
- to be inattentive
- to be frightened out of one's mind
Character by character
- 魂húnsoul, spirit
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 守shǒuto defend, to guard, to protect; to conserve; to w
- 舍shèhouse, dwelling; to reside, to dwell; to abandon,
Idioms sharing a character
- 借尸还魂 jiè shī huán hún
- 丧魂失魄 sàng hún shī pò
- 丧魂落魄 sàng hún luò pò
- 失魂落魄 shī hún luò pò
- 孤魂野鬼 gū hún yě guǐ
- 扬幡招魂 yáng fān zhāo hún
- 神魂颠倒 shén hún diān dǎo
- 阴魂不散 yīn hún bù sàn
- 魂不附体 hún bù fù tǐ
- 魂牵梦萦 hún qiān mèng yíng
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