- 曹 Cáo: 曹 Cao2: surname Cao; Zhou Dynasty vassal state曹 cáo: 曹 cao2: class or grade; generation; plaintiff and defendant (old); government department (old)
- father and mother; parents
- brothers and sisters; siblings
- to recognize; to know; to admit
- to break up (a marriage, family etc)
- to part company; to split up; to break up
- (military, firefighting etc) (verb and noun) drill; exercise; maneuver
- to leave (on a long journey); to part from sb
- murderer; homicide
- to share (let others have some of sth good)
- to weaken; to go soft (at the knees)
- child; CL:個|个[ge4]
- fully armed; armed to the teeth; fig. fully equipped
- drive wheel
- to insert; to stick in; to plug in (an electronic device)
- both ends (of a stick etc); two extremes
- articles; goods
- knapsack; rucksack; infantry pack; field pack; blanket roll; CL:個|个[ge4]
- weight; CL:個|个[ge4]
- to protect; to defend; to guard against; to prevent
- tenacious; hard to defeat
- on one's shoulders; (dialect) shoulder
- usual; customary
- cruel; harsh; merciless
- (literary) quiet; calm; still; tranquil
- surging forward with great momentum; unfolding on a magnificent scale
- to give sb a word of advice; advice; counsel; a wise word
- track (for trains etc); orbit (of a satellite); (fig.) a person's established path in life; desired trajectory (of a business or other endeavor); (audio engineering) track; (quantum mechanics) orbital
- to listen carefully
- door frame
- to tame; tame; docile
- fur; pelt
- the first light of dawn; (fig.) glimmer of hope after a dark period; a new beginning
- spring (season); CL:個|个[ge4]
- lit. the fire burns one's eyebrows (idiom); fig. desperate situation; extreme emergency
- to be imprisoned