志不在此

zhì bù zài cǐ

Dictionary entry

to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom)

What does 志不在此 mean?

志不在此 (zhì bù zài cǐ) has the following dictionary meaning.

1to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom)

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志zhìaspiration · ambition 不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-在zàito exist; to be alive · (of sb or sth) to be (located) at 此cǐthis; these

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志不在此

zhì bù zài cǐ

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