1 old variant of 操[cāo]

1 to work

2 to operate

3 to manipulate

1 Cao Cao (155-220), famous statesman and general at the end of Han, noted poet and calligrapher, later warlord, founder and first king of Cao Wei 曹魏, father of Emperor Cao Pi 曹丕

2 the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义

1 health exercises

1 sentiments

2 feelings

3 disposition of mind

4 moral character

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

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

2 overhasty

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

1 grasp it and victory is assured

2 to have success within one's grasp (idiom)

1 to resume one's old trade (idiom)