created sense approved 身在曹营心在汉/身在曹營心在漢 · shēnzàicáoyíngxīnzàihàn · loyal to one's former master — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
身在曹营心在汉 / 身在曹營心在漢
shēnzàicáoyíngxīnzàihàn
loyal to one's former master
to remain loyal to a former cause or leader while being forced to work for another, as exemplified by [[关羽|關羽|guan1 yu3]] while in the service of [[曹操|曹操|cao2 cao1]]
身 (literal) → 身 · shēn · self 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · to be at 曹 (literal) → 曹 · cáo · Cao 营 (literal) → 营/營 · yíng · camp 心 (literal) → 心 · xīn · intention 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · to be at 汉 (literal) → 汉/漢 · hàn · Han Dynasty
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created sense approved 身在曹营心在汉/身在曹營心在漢 · shēnzàicáoyíngxīnzàihàn · physically here but mentally elsewhere — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"
身在曹营心在汉 / 身在曹營心在漢
shēnzàicáoyíngxīnzàihàn
physically here but mentally elsewhere
to be in one place while longing to be somewhere else; to have one's mind on something other than the task at hand
身 (literal) → 身 · shēn · self 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · to be at 曹 (literal) → 曹 · cáo · Cao 营 (literal) → 营/營 · yíng · camp 心 (literal) → 心 · xīn · mind 在 (literal) → 在 · zài · to be at 汉 (literal) → 汉/漢 · hàn · Han Dynasty
Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition