| 说曹操曹操就到 |
shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāo jiù dào |
lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives / fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear |
| 说 |
shuì |
to persuade |
| 说 |
shuō |
to speak; to talk; to say / to explain; to comment / to scold; to tell off / (bound form) theory; doctrine |
| 说 |
shuō |
variant of 说 |
| 曹 |
Cáo |
surname Cao / Zhou Dynasty vassal state |
| 曹 |
cáo |
class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) |
| 曹操 |
Cáo Cāo |
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 三国演义 |
| 操 |
cāo |
old variant of 操 |
| 操 |
cāo |
to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language) |
| 操 |
cào |
variant of 肏 |
| 曹 |
Cáo |
surname Cao / Zhou Dynasty vassal state |
| 曹 |
cáo |
class or grade / generation / plaintiff and defendant (old) / government department (old) |
| 曹操 |
Cáo Cāo |
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 三国演义 |
| 操 |
cāo |
old variant of 操 |
| 操 |
cāo |
to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language) |
| 操 |
cào |
variant of 肏 |
| 就 |
jiù |
(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then / (after a clause of action) as soon as; immediately after / (same as 就是) merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly / only; as little as / as much as; as many as / to approach; to move towards / to undertake; to engage in / (often followed by 着) taking advantage of / (of food) to go with / with regard to; concerning / (bound form) to reach; to attain (as in 一蹴而就) / (pattern: 就 ... 也 ...) even if ... still ... / (pattern: 不 ... 就 ...) if not ... then must be ... |
| 到 |
dào |
to reach; to arrive / to leave for; to go to / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) / considerate; thoughtful; thorough |