身在曹營心在漢

身在曹營心在漢

See also: 身在曹营心在汉

Chinese

		body; torso; person body; torso; person; life; status; pregnancy; (a measure word used for clothes) suit	(located) at; in; exist (located) at; in; exist; (before verbs) immediately involved in; right in the middle of doing	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): ㄕㄣ ㄗㄞˋ ㄘㄠˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄢˋ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): san¹ zoi⁶ cou⁴ jing⁴ sam¹ zoi⁶ hon³

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Pinyin: shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn
    • Zhuyin: ㄕㄣ ㄗㄞˋ ㄘㄠˊ ㄧㄥˊ ㄒㄧㄣ ㄗㄞˋ ㄏㄢˋ
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: shen tzay Tsaur yng shin tzay Hann
    • IPA ^(key): /ʂən⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯³⁵ iŋ³⁵ ɕin⁵⁵ t͡saɪ̯⁵¹⁻⁵³ xän⁵¹/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou)⁺
    • 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
    • IPA ^(key): /sɐn⁵⁵ t͡sɔːy̯²² t͡sʰou̯²¹ jɪŋ²¹ sɐm⁵⁵ t͡sɔːy̯²² hɔːn³³/

Idiom

身在曹營心在漢

1. 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