一门心思

一門心思

yīmén-xīnsī

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Meanings

她一门心思放在事业上，把家庭抛在了脑后。

Tā yīménxīnsī fàngzài shìyè shàng, bǎ jiātíng pāo zài le nǎo hòu.

She put her whole heart into her career and pushed family to the back of her mind.

他一门心思想着如何赚更多钱。

Tā yīménxīnsī xiǎng zhe rúhé zhuàn gèngduō qián.

He is single-mindedly focused on how to earn more money.

memory

一 (one) + 门 (door/category) + 心思 (mind/thoughts): all your thoughts go through one door — a single-track mind.

一 yī

门 mén

心 xīn

思 sī