concentrate; undivided attention
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesidiom
one must concentrate on what one is doing; one cannot divide one's attention
formalUsed to advise someone to focus completely on a single task without distractions. Often used in educational or self-improvement contexts.
Xué学
xí习
yào要
xīn心
wú无
èr贰
yòng用
，
cái才
néng能
qǔ取
dé得
hǎo好
chéng成
jì绩
。
You must study with undivided attention to achieve good results.
Tā他
xīn心
wú无
èr贰
yòng用
dì地
yán研
jiū究
zhè这
gè个
wèn问
tí题
，
zhōng终
yú于
jiě解
jué决
le了
。
He focused exclusively on researching this problem and finally solved it.
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Zuò做
shì事
xīn心
wú无
èr贰
yòng用
，
zì自
rán然
shì事
bàn半
gōng功
bèi倍
。
When you work with single-minded focus, you naturally achieve twice the result with half the effort.