1 old variant of 操[cāo]

1 to work

2 to operate

3 to manipulate

1 the classics

2 scriptures

3 classical

4 classic (example, case etc)

5 typical

1 model

2 typical case

3 archetype

4 typical

5 representative

1 classical story or quote from the literature

1 wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife

1 lit. to quote the classics

2 to quote chapter and verse (idiom)

1 to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient

2 overhasty

1 to recount history but omit one's ancestors (idiom); to forget one's roots

1 to compose in off-hand way (idiom); to dash off