曹操 (Cáo Cāo) — Cao Cao (historical figure from the Three Kingdoms period)
Definition
Cao Cao (155–220 AD) was the warlord who effectively controlled the late Han court and laid the foundation of the kingdom of Wei. In Chinese culture he is famous as a brilliant but ruthless strategist — a common subject in idioms and 三国演义.
noun
Cao Cao (historical figure from the Three Kingdoms period)
Examples
- 曹操。Cáo Cāo Shì zhōng guó lì shǐ shàng fēi cháng yǒu míng de rén wù.Cao Cao is a very famous figure in Chinese history.
- 曹操。Sān guó yǎn yì lǐ bǎ Cáo Cāo xiě chéng le yí gè duō yí de rén.In Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Cao Cao is portrayed as a suspicious person.
- 曹操。Hěn duō xué zhě rèn wéi Cáo Cāo shì yí wèi jié chū de zhèng zhì jiā hé jūn shì jiā.Many scholars consider Cao Cao an outstanding statesman and military strategist.
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