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说曹操曹操就到

shuō cáo cāo cáo cāo jiù dào

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Definitions

  1. 1. lit. speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives
  2. 2. fig. speak of the devil and he doth appear

Child Words of 说曹操曹操就到

到
dào

to reach; to arrive

曹操
cáo cāo

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

说
shuì

to persuade

就
jiù

(after a suppositional clause) in that case; then

操
cāo

to grasp

曹
cáo

class or grade

说
shuō

to speak; to talk; to say