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身在曹营心在汉

shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn

7-character word Traditional 身在曹營心在漢

What 身在曹营心在汉 means

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

The characters in 身在曹营心在汉

• 身shēnbody; life; oneself
• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 曹cáoclass or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old)
• 营yíngcamp; barracks; battalion
• 心xīnheart; mind; intention
• 在zàito exist; to be alive; (of sb or sth) to be (located) at…
• 汉hànman

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