shēn​zài​cáo​yíng​xīn​zài​hàn

loyal to one's former master

Senses

身在曹营心在汉/ 身在曹營心在漢 shēn​zài​cáo​yíng​xīn​zài​hàn 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 guān​yǔ while in the service of 曹操 cáo​cāo

身在曹营心在汉/ 身在曹營心在漢 shēn​zài​cáo​yíng​xīn​zài​hàn 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

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