| 身在曹营心在汉 |
shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn |
live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom) / to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else |
| 身 |
shēn |
body / life / oneself / personally / one's morality and conduct / the main part of a structure or body / pregnant / classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset / Kangxi radical 158 |
| 在 |
zài |
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 曹 |
Cáo |
surname Cao / Zhou Dynasty vassal state |
| 曹 |
cáo |
class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) |
| 营 |
yíng |
camp / barracks / battalion / to build / to operate / to manage / to strive for |
| 心 |
xīn |
heart / mind / intention / center / core / CL:颗,个 |
| 在 |
zài |
to exist; to be alive / (of sb or sth) to be (located) at / (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 汉 |
Hàn |
Han ethnic group / Chinese (language) / the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) |
| 汉 |
hàn |
man |