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 Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher

1 grand

1 (archaic) we

2 us

3 (Internet slang) (substitute for 我肏[wǒ cào]) fuck

4 WTF

1 surname Cao

2 Zhou Dynasty vassal state

1 to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution

1 lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiāo Hé] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cáo Cān] (idiom)

2 fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor

3 to follow precedent

1 live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom)

2 to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else