húluànhuà, túyāyóuzhǐzàijīngshénjízhōngzàiqítāshìqíngshí, xīnbùzàiyāndìluàntú To scribble aimlessly, especially when preoccupied.
mángrándeyǎnshén; xīnbùzàiyāndejiàoshòu; guòdùhuóyuèdànyòubùnéngjízhōngsīxiǎngdexīnbùzàiyāndetèxìng。 an absent stare; an absentminded professer; the scatty glancing quality of a hyperactive but unfocused intelligence.
xīnbùzàiyān; huǎnghū A state of abstraction; a trance.
tājídùxīnbùzàiyān , yǐzhìyúliǎngtiānméichīdōngxī。 His abstraction was so deep that he did not eat for two days.
tāliǎnshàngdàizheyīzhǒngxīnbùzàiyāndeshéntài。 There is an air of abstraction in her face.
gàosùtāqièbùkěxīnbùzàiyān 。 Tell him never be absentminded.
tāxīnbùzàiyāndìdúzhenàfēngxìn。 he read the letter absently.
tālùchūyīfúxīnbùzàiyāndebiǎoqíng。 There's an absent expression on her face.
mèngshìdexīnjìnghuòxìngqíng; xīnbùzàiyānde Dreamy in mood or nature; absent-minded.
tābiǎoxiànchūxīnbùzàiyāndeyàngzǐ。 He had an absent-minded manner.
nǐzhēnshìxīnbùzàiyān! You is really absent minded.
nǐzhēnshìxīnbùzàiyān! You are really absent - minded.
nǐzhēnshìxīnbùzàiyān! You is really absent-minded.
yīxiējiàoshòuzǒngshìxīnbùzàiyānde。 Some professors are absent-minded.
tākànqǐláixīnbùzàiyān。 She had an absent look on her face.
dāngshítāxīnbùzàiyān。 He was absence in his mind then.
wǒxīnbùzàiyānrěnǎoliǎotā。 My absence of mind irritated him.
kànguòhǎoduōzhōngguórénxiěxiǎnxīnghǎishēngpíngdeshū, yòuguānxīnjiāpōdebùfēntóngyàngshìyǔyānbùxiáng。 Similarly, books penned by Chinese on the life of Xian that I have come across are vague on this.
wǒmenbānyòuxiētóngxuéxīnbùzàiyān , jiùliánzuìjiǎndāndewèntí, tāmenyědábùshànglái。 Some of the kids in my class are out to lunch. They can't even answer the simplest questions.
bùrùhǔxué, yāndéhǔzǐ。 If you venture nothing, you will have nothing.
fūdàguónáncèyě, jùyòufúyān 。 It is difficult to fathom the moves of a great state, and I feared an ambush.
dāngshíyòudegànbùduìzhíxíngzhèyīrènwùyòugùlǜ, bóchéngduìtāmenshuō, zhègèxíngdòngkěyǐbǎdírénxīyǐndàowǒmenshēnshànglái, jiǎnqīngxiōngdìyězhànjūndeyālì。 fǔdǐchōuxīn, yānnéngjùpàtàngshǒu, jíshǐzuòchūxīshēng, yěyìwúfǎngù。 Some cadres hesitated before this prospect, but Bocheng explained the situation to them. "If we do this," he said, "we can draw the enemy to ourselves and make it easier for the other field armies. How can you take hot embers out from under a pot if you are afraid of burning your fingers? Even if we have to make sacrifices, we should not begrudge them."
sàiwēngshīmǎ, yānzhīfēifú。 Nothing so bad but might be a blessing.
tādezhòngsuǒzhōuzhīdechídào; gōngrèndexīnbùzàiyāndejiàoshòu; gōngrèndejīnfābìyǎndenǚrén。 her proverbial lateness; the proverbial absentiminded professor; your proverbial dizzy blonde.
jiàoshòuxīnbùzàiyāndìyántúxiāliú . The professor bumbled absent-mindedly along the road.
“sàiwēngshīmǎ, yānzhīfēifú”guómíndǎngshībàiliǎo, rúnéngrènzhēnjiǎntǎo, juéxīngǎiguò, wèiláiréngyòuzàiqǐdejīhuì。 Misfortune may prove to be a blessing in disguise, as the saying goes. Should the defeated KMT be able to earnestly examine how it failed and correct its mistakes and errors, there can still be chances for it to stage a comeback someday.
guòfènguānzhùmǒushìde; xīnbùzàiyānde Excessively concerned with something; distracted.
yīfāngmiànhénghéngcānjiāgémìngdekěnéngxìng, yòuyīfāngmiànhénghéngduìgémìngdíréndetuǒxiéxìng, zhèjiùshìzhōngguózīchǎnjiējí“ yīshēn 'ér 'èrrènyān ” deliǎngmiànxìng。 Possible participation in the revolution on the one hand and proneness to conciliation with the enemies of the revolution on the other--such is the dual character of the Chinese bourgeoisie, it faces both ways.
hèdiàn; tōngchángbiǎoshìzhùhèderénmíngxiǎndōushìxīnbùzàiyānde; hècí。 a congratulatory telegram; the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent; a gratulatory address.
gēnběnxīnbùzàiyān lend a very distracted attention
rúguǒmiànshìzhōngdetāfǎnyìngchídùn, xīnbùzàiyān , gùzhíwǔduàn, nǐkěyǐxiǎngxiàngměizhōuyīdàozhōuwǔgōngzuòzhōngdetāhuìshìyīfùshénmeyàngzǐ。 Because if that person is dull,distracted or dogmatic in an interview,guess what they're going to be like Monday through Friday?