志不在此 — Chinese idiom
志不在此
zhì bù zài cǐ
Meaning
- to have one's ambitions elsewhere
Character by character
- 志zhìdetermination, will; mark, sign; to record, to wri
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 在zàiat, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present
- 此cǐthis, these; in this case, then
Idioms sharing a character
- 仁人志士 rén rén zhì shì
- 专心致志 zhuān xīn zhì zhì
- 小人得志 xiǎo rén dé zhì
- 志同道合 zhì tóng dào hé
- 志在四方 zhì zài sì fāng
- 志士仁人 zhì shì rén rén
- 志得意满 zhì dé yì mǎn
- 有志之士 yǒu zhì zhī shì
- 有志竟成 yǒu zhì jìng chéng
- 淡泊明志 dàn bó míng zhì
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