[操, cāo, ㄘㄠ]to grasp; to hold; to operate; to manage; to control; to steer; to exercise; to drill (practice); to play; to speak (a language)#2633[Add to Longdo]
[曹操, Cáo Cāo, ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠ]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; the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义#8281[Add to Longdo]
[早操, zǎo cāo, ㄗㄠˇ ㄘㄠ]morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries)#41094[Add to Longdo]
[稳操胜券 / 穩操勝券, wěn cāo shèng quàn, ㄨㄣˇ ㄘㄠ ㄕㄥˋ ㄑㄩㄢˋ]grasp it and victory is assured (成语 saw); to have success within one's grasp; to beat comfortably#65131[Add to Longdo]
[操斧伐柯, cāo fǔ fá kē, ㄘㄠ ㄈㄨˇ ㄈㄚˊ ㄎㄜ](cf. Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax; fig. to follow a principle; fig. to act as match-maker[Add to Longdo]
[说曹操曹操就到 / 說曹操曹操就到, shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāo jiù dào, ㄕㄨㄛ ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠ ㄘㄠˊ ㄘㄠ ㄐㄧㄡˋ ㄉㄠˋ]speak of the devil; cf Cao Cao 曹操 (155-220), king of Cao Wei 曹魏 and main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义[Add to Longdo]