| 曹不兴 |
Cáo Bù xīng |
Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semilegendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six Dynasties 六朝四大家 |
| 曹 |
Cáo |
surname Cao / Zhou Dynasty vassal state |
| 曹 |
cáo |
class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) |
| 不 |
bù |
no; not so / (bound form) not; un- |
| 不兴 |
bù xīng |
out of fashion / outmoded / impermissible / can't |
| 兴 |
Xīng |
surname Xing |
| 兴 |
xīng |
to rise / to flourish / to become popular / to start / to encourage / to get up / (often used in the negative) to permit or allow (dialect) / maybe (dialect) |
| 兴 |
xìng |
feeling or desire to do sth / interest in sth / excitement |