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Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong 羅貫中|罗贯中, one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature, a fictional account of the Three Kingdoms at the break-up of the Han around 200 AD, portraying Liu Bei's 劉備|刘备 Shu Han 蜀漢|蜀汉 as heroes and Cao Cao's 曹操 Wei as villains
gymnastic / gymnastics
HSK 4
(usually of women) chastity / virginity / virtue / honor / loyalty / moral integrity
rash / hasty
personal integrity
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
to control / to manipulate
HSK 7-9
operating desk / control panel / console
gymnast
Battle of Redcliff of 208 at Chibi in Huangzhou district 黃州區|黄州区 of Huanggang city 黃岡|黄冈, a decisive defeat of Cao Cao 曹操 at the hands of southern kingdom of Wu / famous episode in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms 三國演義|三国演义
covert activities (election rigging etc) / under-the-table manipulations / black operations
gymnastics team
operating environment
lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives / fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear
to drill / to exercise / to go outdoors for physical exercise
aerobics / aerobic dance (school P.E. activity)
operating system
to work hard / to look after
HSK 7-9
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  *操* | 操* | *操
to grasp / to hold / to operate / to manage / to control / to steer / to exercise / to drill (practice) / to play / to speak (a language)
to operate (a machine etc) with ease
to worry about
HSK 7-9
health exercises
(finance) (of a fund manager, high-wealth individual etc) to make large trades (in stocks, futures etc) / (fashion, movies etc) (of an industry heavyweight) to make a play in the market
floor (gymnastics)
to arrange matters
to actually do (sth) (as opposed to learning how to do it from books etc) / practice (as opposed to theory) (abbr. for 實際操作|实际操作)
drill / practice
wielding the halberd within the household (idiom); internecine strife
operator
fig. with the connivance of both sides / fig. by mutual consent / cf Wu patriot Huang Gai submits to mock beating at the hands of General Zhou Yu to deceive Cao Cao 曹操 before the 208 battle of Redcliff 赤壁之戰|赤壁之战
remote operation
morning exercises (physical exercises commonly performed en masse at schools and workplaces in East Asian countries)
to hold a knife / (fig.) (of a surgeon) to perform an operation / (fig.) to personally handle or take charge of a task; to take the reins
Cheng Yu (141-220), advisor to General Cao Cao 曹操 during the Three Kingdoms era
to cultivate one's mind / to build character
drill rules
grasp it and victory is assured / to have success within one's grasp (idiom)
(Tw) (of a person) to have stamina / (of a product) durable / (mainland China) (vulgar) (usu. of a woman) alternative form of 耐肏 (enthusiastic as a sexual partner)
sentiments / feelings / disposition of mind / moral character
filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操)
to work / to operate / to manipulate
HSK 4
operator (computing)
Cao Zhi (192-232), son of Cao Cao 曹操, noted poet and calligrapher
setting-up exercises during the break (between classes)
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surname Wei / name of a vassal state of the Zhou dynasty from 661 BC in Shanxi, one of the Seven Hero Warring States / Wei state, founded by Cao Cao 曹操, one of the Three Kingdoms after the Han dynasty / the Wei dynasty 221–265 / Wei Prefecture or Wei County at various times in history
playground / sports field / drill ground / CL: 個|个
HSK 4
person charged with decisive action / hatchet man
to manipulate from behind the scenes / to pull the strings
drill / exercise / demonstration / to demonstrate
to steer a boat
to act with undue haste (idiom); eager and impatient / overhasty
to operate / to control / to rig / to manipulate
HSK 6
to manipulate / manipulation
to worry about / to look after / to take care of
to be assured of success
drill book
Battle of Guandu of 199 that established Cao Cao's 曹操 domination over north China, at Guandu (near modern 許昌|许昌 in north Henan)
aerobics
operating rules / work regulations
to micromanage
joystick / control lever
(student's) behavior
Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操
to do exercises / to do gymnastics
network operating system
to manage / to handle
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
chastity belt
heavyweight operator in a market
to have a friendly chat (Shanghai)
Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
(substitute for 我肏) fuck / WTF
to beat comfortably / to win easily / abbr. for 穩操勝券|稳操胜券, to have victory within one's grasp
pilothouse
lousy / rotten
integrity / moral principle
to take the helm / to steer (a ship)
operand (computing)
unimpeachable conduct / noble behavior / spotless personal integrity
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
to steer (a vessel) / to hold the rudder / at the helm
foot drill (military, physical exercises etc)
rhythmic gymnastics
to resume one's old trade (idiom)
operator
chaste widowhood
aerobics
(cf Book of Songs) How to fashion an ax handle? You need an ax / fig. to follow a principle / fig. to act as matchmaker
drill ground
(slang) the norm; typical behavior; nothing out of the ordinary; just what you'd expect (often used ironically) (abbr. for 基本操作)
to write / to compose
interoperability
to compose in off-hand way (idiom); to dash off
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  *操* | 操* | *操
old variant of
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variant of
(Internet slang) it's nothing, there's no need to compliment
military drill

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