曹
cáo
Pinyin

Definition

曹
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cáo
  1. class or grade
  2. generation
  3. plaintiff and defendant (old)
  4. government department (old)
曹
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Cáo
  1. surname Cao
  2. Zhou Dynasty vassal state

Character Decomposition

Compounds (10)

遭
zāo
  1. 1 to meet by chance (usually with misfortune)
  2. 2 classifier for events: time, turn, incident
糟
zāo
  1. 1 dregs
  2. 2 draff
  3. 3 pickled in wine
  4. 4 rotten
  5. 5 messy
  6. 6 ruined
槽
cáo
  1. 1 trough
  2. 2 manger
  3. 3 groove
  4. 4 channel
  5. 5 (Tw) (computing) hard drive
嘈
cáo
  1. 1 bustling
  2. 2 tumultuous
  3. 3 noisy
漕
cáo
  1. 1 transport by water
  2. 2 watercourse
  3. 3 canal

Related Words (11)

曹操
Cáo Cāo
  1. 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. 2 the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
曹植
Cáo Zhí
  1. 1 Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher
我曹
wǒ cáo
  1. 1 (archaic) we
  2. 2 us
  3. 3 (Internet slang) (substitute for 我肏[wǒ cào]) fuck
  4. 4 WTF
曹
Cáo
  1. 1 surname Cao
  2. 2 Zhou Dynasty vassal state
曹丕
Cáo Pī
  1. 1 Cao Pi (187-226), second son of Cao Cao 曹操, king then emperor of Cao Wei 曹魏 from 220, ruled as Emperor Wen 魏文帝, also a noted calligrapher

Idioms (3)

绑赴市曹
bǎng fù shì cáo
  1. 1 to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
萧规曹随
Xiāo guī Cáo suí
  1. 1 lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiāo Hé] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cáo Cān] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor
  3. 3 to follow precedent
身在曹营心在汉
shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn
  1. 1 live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom)
  2. 2 to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else

Sample Sentences

不拍不拍，我们先看吧。曹雪芹真是神了，一本书里，吃的、用的、住的都写得那么精致，这个大观园就是人们根据书里的描写建的。
bù pāi bù pāi ，wǒmen xiān kàn ba 。Cáo Xuěqín zhēnshì shén le ，yī běn shū lǐ ，chī de 、yòng de 、zhù de dōu xiě de nàme jīngzhì ，zhè ge dàguānyuán jiùshì rénmen gēnjù shū lǐ de miáoxiě jiàn de 。
Let's not take pictures. Let's look around first. Cao Xueqin was just amazing. In a single book he wrote so exquisitely about things for eating, using and living in. This Prospect Garden was built according to his description in the book.
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宋代文学家苏轼的《念奴娇》一词为宋词豪放派的代表作之一，又名《赤壁怀古》。上阙因景生情，从江水滔滔流去联想到消逝在历史长河中的英雄人物，人说赤壁为三国时代古战场，当年周公瑾在此，以弱胜强，击退曹魏，确立三国鼎立之势。
Sòng Dài wénxuéjiā Sū Shì de 《 niànnújiāo 》yī cí wèi Sòngcí háofàng pài de dàibiǎozuò zhīyī ，yòu míng 《 Chìbì huái gǔ 》。shàng què yīn jǐng shēng qíng ，cóng jiāng shuǐ tāotāo liú qù liánxiǎng dào xiāoshì zài lìshǐ cháng hé zhōng de yīngxióng rénwù ，rén shuō Chìbì wèi Sānguó shídài gǔ zhànchǎng ，dāngnián Zhōu Gōngjǐn zài cǐ ，yǐ ruò shèng strong ，jītuì Cáowèi ，quèlì Sānguó dǐnglì zhī shì 。
Song Dynasty literati Su Shi's ci poem 'The Charm of the Courtesan Niannu' is representative of the bold and unconstrained ci faction, and is also called 'Recalling the Past on the Red Cliffs'. The first section uses the landscape to set the tone, from the gurgling flow of the river we think of the historical figures who have disappeared in the river of time. It is said that the red cliffs were the site of an ancient battle during the Three Kingdoms Period. At that time Zhou Yu triumphed from a position of weakness here, forcing the Cao Wei to retreat and ensuring the continuance of the triumvirate states.
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喂？曹先生，您的汽车保险快要到期了，您需要续保吗?
wéi ？cáo xiānsheng ，nín de qìchēbǎoxiǎn kuàiyào dàoqī le ，nín xūyào xùbǎo ma ?
Hello? Mr. Cao, your car insurance is about to come due. Do you need to renew your insurance?
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哈，真是说曹操曹操到！
hā ，zhēn shì shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāo dào ！
Ha, speak of the devil!
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曹操和诸葛亮就是《三国演义》里的吧？
Cáo Cāo hé ZhūGě liàng jiùshì 《Sānguóyǎnyì 》lǐ de ba ？
Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang are from "Romance of the Three Kingdoms," right?
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没错。曹操是魏王，诸葛亮是蜀国的军师。
méicuò 。Cáo Cāo shì Wèi wáng ，Zhūgě Liàng shì Shǔguó de jūnshī 。
That's right. Cao Cao was the king of the kingdom of Wei and Zhuge Liang was the military adviser for the kingdom of Shu.
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曹操是不是老被诸葛亮打败？
Cáo Cāo shì bu shì lǎo bèi Zhūgě Liàng dǎbài ？
Didn't Cao Cao always get defeated by Zhuge Liang?
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曹操的小儿子叫曹冲，在他五六岁的时候，有人给他爸爸曹操送来了一头大象。曹操很高兴，就带着曹冲和文武百官一起去看。
Cáo Cāo de xiǎo\'érzi jiào Cáo Chōng ，zài tā wǔliù suì de shíhou ，yǒurén gěi tā bàba Cáo Cāo sòng lái le yī tóu dàxiàng 。Cáo Cāo hěn gāoxìng ，jiù dài zhe Cáo Chōng hé wénwǔbǎiguān yīqǐ qù kàn 。
Cao Cao's son was named Cao Chong. When he was five or six years old, someone gave his father an elephant. Cao Cao was really happy. He brought Cao Chong and all of his ministers to see it.
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曹操问大家：“这头大象这么大，不知道有多重？谁有办法称一称？”
Cáo Cāo wèn dàjiā ：“zhè tóu dàxiàng zhème dà ，bù zhīdào yǒu duō zhòng ？shéi yǒu bànfǎ chēngyīchēng ？”
Cao Cao asked everyone: "This elephant is so big and we don't know how heavy it is. Who knows of a way to measure its weight?"
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这时候，曹冲说：“爸爸，我有一个办法。只要准备一条船和一堆石头就行了”。然后把办法对曹操说了一遍。曹操听了哈哈大笑，赶快叫人去准备。然后对大��们说：“走，咱们去河边看称象去。”
zhèshíhòu ，Cáo Chōng shuō ：“bàba ，wǒ yǒu yī gè bànfǎ 。zhǐyào zhǔnbèi yī tiáo chuán hé yī duī shítou jiù xíng le ”。ránhòu bǎ bànfǎ duì Cáo Cāo shuō le yī biàn 。Cáo Cāo tīng le hāhādàxiào ，gǎnkuài jiàorén qù zhǔnbèi 。ránhòu duì dàchénmen shuō ：“zǒu ，zánmen qù hébiān kàn chēng xiàng qù 。”
Around this time, Cao Chong said: "Dad, I have a way. All you need is a boat and a pile of stones". He then told his father his solution. Upon hearing the solution, Cao Cao roared with laughter, then told everyone to go get ready quickly. He told the officials, "Let's go to the riverside and watch the elephant get weighed".
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