出神 chūshén spellbound
spellbound; entranced; lost in thought
How to remember 出神: 出 go out + 神 god = spellbound.
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How it is used
- 'To be lost in thought / spellbound / in a trance' - 看得出神 (kàn de chūshén) to watch spellbound, 听得出神 to be entranced by what one hears.
- Describes attention so absorbed that you're mentally 'gone'; often follows a verb + 得. Compare 走神 (zǒushén), which is the opposite - mind wandering off the task.