志不在此

zhì bù zài cǐ

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

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Child Words of 志不在此

• 不 不 bù: no; not so
• 在 在 zài: to exist; to be alive
• 此 此 cǐ: this; these
• 不在 不在 bù zài: not to be present
• 在此 在此 zài cǐ: hereto
• 志 志 zhì: aspiration