志不在此 zhì bù zài cǐ

to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom)

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. to have one's ambitions elsewhere (idiom)

Characters

Character Meaning
志 zhì HSK 4
aspiration; ambition; the will
不 bù HSK 1
not; no; (negative prefix)
在 zài HSK 1
(located) at; (to be) in
此 cǐ HSK 4
this; these