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Chinese Character/Word:
Definition(s) for: 身在曹营心在汉
| Hanzi | Pinyin | Definition(s) |
|---|---|---|
| 身在曹营心在汉 | 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 |
List Ranking:
Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.
| HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | 96,211 | 65,939 |
Individual Character Breakdown:
| Simp | Pinyin | Eng |
|---|---|---|
| 身 | shēn | - body - life - oneself - personally - one's morality and conduct - the main part of a structure or body - pregnant - classifier for sets of clothes: suit, twinset - Kangxi radical 158 |
| 在 | zài | - to exist; to be alive - (of sb or sth) to be (located) at - (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 曹 | cáo | - surname Cao - Zhou Dynasty vassal state |
| 曹 | cáo | - class or grade - generation - plaintiff and defendant (old) - government department (old) |
| 营 | yíng | - camp - barracks - battalion - to build - to operate - to manage - to strive for |
| 心 | xīn | - heart - mind - intention - center - core - CL:顆|颗[ke1],個|个[ge4] |
| 在 | zài | - to exist; to be alive - (of sb or sth) to be (located) at - (used before a verb to indicate an action in progress) |
| 汉 | hàn | - Han ethnic group - Chinese (language) - the Han dynasty (206 BC-220 AD) |
| 汉 | hàn | - man |
Other Words Containing 身在曹营心在汉
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| Word | HSK 2 Level (2012) | HSK 3 Band (2022) | SUBTLEX-CH | BeijingUni Global | BeijingUni Weibo |
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