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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
曹操 Cáo Cāo	曹操 \| 曹操* \| *曹操	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

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Traditional Pīnyīn		English Definition	Simplified HSK
三國演義 Sānguó Yǎnyì	三國演義 \| 三國演義* \| *三國演義	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 魏 as villains	三国演义


赤壁之戰 Chìbìzhī Zhàn	赤壁之戰 \| 赤壁之戰* \| *赤壁之戰	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	赤壁之战


曹沖 Cáo Chōng	曹沖 \| 曹沖* \| *曹沖	Cao Chong (196-208), son of Cao Cao 曹操	曹冲


魏 Wèi	魏 \| 魏* \| *魏	surname Wei / name of vassal state of 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 and Wei county at different historical periods


周瑜打黃蓋 Zhōu Yúdǎ Huáng Gài	周瑜打黃蓋 \| 周瑜打黃蓋* \| *周瑜打黃蓋	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	周瑜打黄盖


官渡之戰 Guāndùzhī Zhàn	官渡之戰 \| 官渡之戰* \| *官渡之戰	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)	官渡之战


幸甚至哉 xìngshènzhìzāi	幸甚至哉 \| 幸甚至哉* \| *幸甚至哉	filled with joy (quotation from poems by Cao Cao 曹操)

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