身在曹營心在漢
See also: 身在曹营心在汉
Chinese
editto 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
editFrom Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Pronunciation
edit- Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Hanyu Pinyin:
- Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄗㄞˋ ㄘㄠˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄢˋ
- Tongyong Pinyin: shen zài Cáo yíng sin zài Hàn
- Wade–Giles: shên1 tsai4 Tsʻao2 ying2 hsin1 tsai4 Han4
- Yale: shēn dzài Tsáu yíng syīn dzài Hàn
- Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen tzay Tsaur yng shin tzay Hann
- Palladius: шэнь цзай Цао ин синь цзай Хань (šɛnʹ czaj Cao in sinʹ czaj Xanʹ)
- Sinological IPA (key): /ʂən⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵ iŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹/
- (Standard Chinese)+
- Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
- Jyutping: san1 zoi6 cou4 jing4 sam1 zoi6 hon3
- Yale: sān joih chòuh yìhng sām joih hon
- Cantonese Pinyin: san1 dzoi6 tsou4 jing4 sam1 dzoi6 hon3
- Guangdong Romanization: sen1 zoi6 cou4 ying4 sem1 zoi6 hon3
- Sinological IPA (key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² t͡sʰou̯²¹ jɪŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɔːi̯²² hɔːn³³/
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)+
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.]
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