专心致志

zhuān xīn zhì zhì

wholly devoted to the task

Character by character

专zhuān
single

心xīn
heart

致zhì
devote

志zhì
will

做作业要专心致志。

When you do your homework, give it your full attention.

Tone: positive (praise).

From Mencius: of Go master Yi Qiu's two pupils, the one who was 专心致志 learned while the other daydreamed of shooting geese.

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