[曹操, Cáo Cāoㄘㄠˊ 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, See Also: 曹魏, 曹丕, 三國演義, 三国演义#8281
[曹丕, Cáo Pīㄘㄠˊ ㄆㄧ] 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, See Also: 曹操, 曹魏, 魏文帝#49147
[曹魏, Cáo Wèiㄘㄠˊ ㄨㄟˋ] 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, See Also: 曹丕#54667
[三曹, Sān Cáoㄙㄢ ㄘㄠˊ] 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, See Also: 曹操, 曹丕, 曹植, 曹魏
[曹不兴 / 曹不興, Cáo Bù xīngㄘㄠˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄒㄧㄥ] 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, See Also: 六朝四大家
[说曹操曹操就到 / 說曹操曹操就到, shuō Cáo Cāo Cáo Cāo jiù dàoㄕㄨㄛ 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, See Also: 曹操, 曹魏, 三國演義, 三国演义