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
Idioms (6)
同室操戈
tóng shì cāo gē
1 wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
操之过急
cāo zhī guò jí
1 to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient
2 overhasty
沙盘推演
shā pán tuī yǎn
1 to plan a military mission on a sand table (idiom)