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身在曹營心在漢 (san1 zoi6 cou4 jing4 sam1 zoi6 hon3) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

身在曹營心在漢 (san1 zoi6 cou4 jing4 sam1 zoi6 hon3, shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn) — live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom); to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else

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Usage

Level

beyond HSK

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