曹髦

Cáo Máo

proper noun

Meanings

1 Cao Mao (241–260), fourth emperor of Cao Wei, a figurehead under Sima Zhao

Characters

long hair; outstanding person

Examples

HSK 6

曹髦是三国时期魏国的皇帝。

Cáo Máo shì Sānguó shíqī Wèiguó de huángdì.

Cao Mao was an emperor of Wei in the Three Kingdoms period.

HSK 7-9

曹髦不愿意当傀儡，带着卫兵去攻打司马昭，结果被杀了。

Cáo Máo bú yuànyi dāng kuǐlěi, dài zhe wèibīng qù gōngdǎ Sīmǎ Zhāo, jiéguǒ bèi shā le.

Unwilling to be a puppet, Cao Mao led his guards against Sima Zhao and was killed.

Tips

history

Recorded in the 《汉晋春秋》, his cry 司马昭之心，路人所知也 'everyone in the street knows what Sima Zhao is after' gave the saying 司马昭之心，路人皆知, used of an ambition plain to all.

memory

髦 is the same character as in 时髦 'fashionable'.

Stroke Order

曹 Cáo

髦 máo