Cáo Xuě qín
Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hong2 lou2 Meng4]
cáo
class or grade
generation
plaintiff and defendant (old)
government department (old)
Cáo
surname Cao
Zhou Dynasty vassal state
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 三國演義|三国演义
Cáo Yú
Cao Yu (1910-1997), PRC dramatist
Cáo Pī
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
Cáo Zhí
Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher
Cáo xiàn
Cao county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[He2 ze2], Shandong
Cáo Wèi
Cao Wei, the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms, established as a dynasty in 220 by Cao Pi 曹丕, son of Cao Cao, replaced by Jin dynasty in 265
shì cáo
market
official in charge of small merchants
yīn cáo dì fǔ
netherworld
Kingdom of the Underworld
Hades
Sān Cáo
the Three Caos (Cao Cao 曹操 and his sons Cao Pi 曹丕 and Cao Zhi 曹植), who established the Wei or Cao Wei dynasty 曹魏, and were all three noted poets and calligraphers
Cáo Kūn
Cao Kun (1862-1938), one of the Northern Warlords
shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn
live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom.)
to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else
Cáo Gāng chuān
Cao Gangchuan (1935-), former artillery officer, senior PRC politician and army leader
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
Cáo Jìng huá
Cao Jinghua (1897-1987), translator from Russian, professor of Peking University and essayist
jūn cáo yú
cobia or black kingfish (Rachycentron canadum)
Cáo Bù xīng
Cao Buxing or Ts'ao Pu-hsing (active c. 210-250), famous semi-legendary painter, one of the Four Great Painters of the Six dynasties 六朝四大家
Cáo Yú zhāng
Cao Yuzhang (1924-), modern writer and publisher, author of narrative history 上下五千年
bǎng fù shì cáo
to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
Cáo Cān
Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]
also pr. [Cao2 Shen1]
Cáo Chōng
Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操[Cao2 Cao1]
cáo bái yú
Chinese herring (Ilisha elongata)
white herring
slender shad
Niè mǔ cáo wá
Božena Němcová (1820-1862), Czech writer
Xiāo guī Cáo suí
lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiao1 He2] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cao2 Can1] (idiom)
fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor
to follow precedent
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