身在曹營心在漢

See also: 身在曹营心在汉

Chinese

		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
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

From Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Literally: (Guan Yu's) body is in Cao Cao's camp, but his heart is with the Han

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn

(Zhuyin): ㄕㄣㄗㄞˋ ㄘㄠˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄢˋ
Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ zoi⁶ cou⁴ jing⁴ sam¹ zoi⁶ hon³

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn
  - Zhuyin: ㄕㄣㄗㄞˋ ㄘㄠˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣㄗㄞˋ 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 iŋ³⁵⁻⁵⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹/
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/

Idiom

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.]
  不少大学生身在曹营心在汉　刚签约就想跳槽 [MSC, simp.]
  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

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