身在曹營心在漢
See also: 身在曹营心在汉
Chinese edit
to be located in | a company; a class; a generation a company; a class; a generation; surname |
army; to deal in; to trade army; to deal in; to trade; to operate; to run; camp; nourishment; to manage |
heart; mind | (located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing |
Chinese; name of a dynasty; man | ||
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trad. (身在曹營心在漢) | 身在 | 曹 | 營 | 心 | 在 | 漢 | |
simp. (身在曹营心在汉) | 身在 | 曹 | 营 | 心 | 在 | 汉 |
Etymology edit
From Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
身在曹營心在漢
- subjugated by one authority, while still remaining loyal to another; not loyal
- 不少大學生身在曹營心在漢 剛簽約就想跳槽 [MSC, trad.]
- From: 2006: anon., finance.nen.com.cn
- bùshào dàxuéshēng shēnzàicáoyíngxīnzàihàn, gāng qiānyuē jiù xiǎng tiàocáo [Pinyin]
- A growing number of university graduates are not loyal to their employers; right after they've signed a contract of employment, they're already thinking of jumping ship
不少大学生身在曹营心在汉 刚签约就想跳槽 [MSC, simp.]