反美是工作赴美是生活

fǎn měi shì gōng zuò fù měi shì shēng huó

being anti-American is the job, but life is in America (jocular comment made about public figures who are brazenly xenophobic but whose family live abroad)

反

fǎn

contrary

美

měi

(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1])

是

shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

工

gōng

work

作

zuò

to do; to engage in

赴

fù

to go

美

měi

(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲[Mei3 zhou1])

是

shì

to be (followed by substantives only)

生

shēng

to be born

活

huó

to live