| 阴曹 | yīn cáo | hell; the inferno | |
| 萧规曹随 | xiāo guī cáo suí | lit. Xiao's 萧何 (idiom); fig. to strictly adhere to the policies of the predecessor; to follow precedent | |
| 身在曹营心在汉 | shēn zài cáo yíng xīn zài hàn | live in Cao camp but have the heart in Han camp (idiom); to be somewhere while longing to be somewhere else | |
| 曹丕 | cáo pī | 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 | |
| 曹参 | cáo cān | Cao Can (-190 BC), second chancellor of Han Dynasty, contributed to its founding by fighting on Liu Bang's 刘邦 [Liu2 Bang1] side during the Chu-Han Contention 楚汉战争 [Chu3 Han4 Zhan4 zheng1]; also pr. [Cao2 Shen1] |
