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神不守舍
  san4 bat1 sau2 se3   jyutping
  shen2​ bu4 ​shou3​ she4   pinyin
be distracted/delirious/perturbed; lose one's presence of mind

[Syn] 心不在焉 | [Ant] 全神貫注 

1. [literal] The spirit is out of the house.
2. See also [www.cantonese.sheik.co.uk]
Idiom

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.
神不守舍

This word has been viewed 1496 times since 30th Oct 2012, was added by bybell on 17th Oct 2013 18:38 and last edited on 18th Oct 2013 02:02
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Characters in this word:

 san4  -  god; divinity; spirit; supernatural; weird
 bat1  -  not; no; un-
 sau2 sau3  -  guard; look after; observe; remain
 se3  -  house; my
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