身在曹營心在漢

san1 zoi6 cou4 jing4 sam1 zoi6 hon3

live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom) · to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom)
  2. to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else

Written Forms

身在曹營心在漢Traditional · Main Form
身在曹营心在汉Alternate Form

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