曹魏
Cáo Wèi
Pinyin

Definition

曹魏
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Cáo Wèi
  1. 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

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Cáo Cāo
  1. 1 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
  2. 2 the main villain of novel the Romance of Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
Cáo Zhí
  1. 1 Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher
Cáo
  1. 1 surname Cao
  2. 2 Zhou Dynasty vassal state
Wèi
  1. 1 surname Wei
  2. 2 name of vassal state of Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States
  3. 3 Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms from the fall of the Han
  4. 4 the Wei dynasty 221-265
  5. 5 Wei prefecture and Wei county at different historical periods
Wèi guó
  1. 1 Wei State (407-225 BC), one of the Seven Hero States of the Warring States 戰國七雄|战国七雄
  2. 2 Wei State or Cao Wei 曹魏 (220-265), the most powerful of the Three Kingdoms
Běi Wèi
  1. 1 Wei of the Northern Dynasties (386-534), founded by the Tuoba 拓跋 branch of Xianbei 鮮卑|鲜卑
wéi Wèi jiù Zhào
  1. 1 lit. to besiege 魏[Wèi] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhào] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
wǒ cáo
  1. 1 (archaic) we
  2. 2 us
  3. 3 (Internet slang) (substitute for 我肏[wǒ cào]) fuck
  4. 4 WTF
Cáo Pī
  1. 1 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 Cān
  1. 1 Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 劉邦|刘邦[Liú Bāng] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚漢戰爭|楚汉战争[Chǔ Hàn Zhàn zhēng]
  2. 2 also pr. [Cáo Shēn]
Cáo Chōng
  1. 1 Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操[Cáo Cāo]
Cáo xiàn
  1. 1 Cao county in Heze 菏澤|菏泽[Hé zé], Shandong
Cáo Xuě qín
  1. 1 Cao Xueqin (c. 1715-c. 1764), accepted author of A Dream of Red Mansions 紅樓夢|红楼梦[Hóng lóu Mèng]
Cáo Wèi
  1. 1 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
Dōng Wèi
  1. 1 Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏
ā wèi
  1. 1 Ferula resin (used in TCM)
  2. 2 Resina Ferulae
yīn cáo
  1. 1 hell
  2. 2 the inferno
Wèi Wēi
  1. 1 Wei Wei (1920-2008), novelist and poet, author of award-winning novel The East 東方|东方 about the Korean war
Wèi Zhēng
  1. 1 Wei Zheng (580-643), Tang politician and historian, notorious as a critic, editor of History of the Sui Dynasty 隋書|隋书
Wèi Zhōng xián
  1. 1 Wei Zhongxian (1568-1627), infamous eunuch politician of late Ming

Idioms (4)

围魏救赵
wéi Wèi jiù Zhào
  1. 1 lit. to besiege 魏[Wèi] and rescue 趙|赵[Zhào] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers
绑赴市曹
bǎng fù shì cáo
  1. 1 to bind up and take to the market (idiom); to take a prisoner to the town center for execution
萧规曹随
Xiāo guī Cáo suí
  1. 1 lit. Xiao's 蕭何|萧何[Xiāo Hé] governance followed by Cao 曹參|曹参[Cáo Cān] (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor
  3. 3 to follow precedent
身在曹营心在汉
shēn zài Cáo yíng xīn zài Hàn
  1. 1 live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom)
  2. 2 to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else

Sample Sentences

宋代文学家苏轼的《念奴娇》一词为宋词豪放派的代表作之一,又名《赤壁怀古》。上阙因景生情,从江水滔滔流去联想到消逝在历史长河中的英雄人物,人说赤壁为三国时代古战场,当年周公瑾在此,以弱胜强,击退曹魏,确立三国鼎立之势。
Sòng Dài wénxuéjiā Sū Shì de 《 niànnújiāo 》yī cí wèi Sòngcí háofàng pài de dàibiǎozuò zhīyī ,yòu míng 《 Chìbì huái gǔ 》。shàng què yīn jǐng shēng qíng ,cóng jiāng shuǐ tāotāo liú qù liánxiǎng dào xiāoshì zài lìshǐ cháng hé zhōng de yīngxióng rénwù ,rén shuō Chìbì wèi Sānguó shídài gǔ zhànchǎng ,dāngnián Zhōu Gōngjǐn zài cǐ ,yǐ ruò shèng strong ,jītuì Cáowèi ,quèlì Sānguó dǐnglì zhī shì 。
Song Dynasty literati Su Shi's ci poem 'The Charm of the Courtesan Niannu' is representative of the bold and unconstrained ci faction, and is also called 'Recalling the Past on the Red Cliffs'. The first section uses the landscape to set the tone, from the gurgling flow of the river we think of the historical figures who have disappeared in the river of time. It is said that the red cliffs were the site of an ancient battle during the Three Kingdoms Period. At that time Zhou Yu triumphed from a position of weakness here, forcing the Cao Wei to retreat and ensuring the continuance of the triumvirate states.