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魂不守舍

hún bù shǒu shè

4-character word

What 魂不守舍 means

1. to be preoccupied (idiom)
2. to be inattentive
3. to be frightened out of one's mind

The characters in 魂不守舍

• 魂húnsoul; spirit; immortal soul (that can be detached from the body)
• 不bùno; not so; (bound form) not; un-
• 守shǒuto guard; to defend; to keep watch
• 舍shěto give up; to abandon; to give alms

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