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cāo ㄘㄠ (1.1): 持，拿著。 Hold, holding.
| 《·》: | 一手之操也，不若二手之3彊也 | | The grasp of one hand cannot compare with that of two. | | 《·》: | 此六子者，無異於磔犬、流豕、操瓢而乞者，皆離名輕死，不念本養壽命者也。 | | (The deaths of) these four men were not different from those of the dog that is torn in pieces, the pig that is borne away by a current, or the beggar (drowned in a ditch) with his alms-gourd in his hand. They were all caught as in a net by their (desire for) fame, not caring to nourish their life to its end, as they were bound to do. | | 《·》: | 昔葛天氏之樂，三人操牛尾投足以歌八闋：一曰載民，二曰玄鳥，三曰遂草木，四曰奮五穀，五曰敬天常，六曰達帝功，七曰依地德，八曰總萬物之極。 |
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cāo ㄘㄠ (1.2): 掌握，駕馭。 Control, drive.
| 《·》: | 顏淵問仲尼曰：「吾嘗濟乎觴深之淵，津人操舟若神。」 | | Yan Yuan asked Zhongni, saying, 'When I was crossing the gulf of Shang-shen, the ferryman handled the boat like a spirit.' | | 《·》: | 所謂貴者，無法而擅行，操國柄而便私者也。 |
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cāo ㄘㄠ (1.3): 攜，帶著。 Carry, bring with.
| 《·》: | 孝子操藥以修慈父，其色燋然，聖人羞之。 | | He was like the filial son carrying in the medicine to cure his kind father, with every sign of distress in his countenance. A sage would be ashamed (of such a thing). | | 《》: | 鄭人有且置履者，先自度其足而置之其坐，至之市而忘操之，已得履，乃曰：「吾忘持度。」 | | 《》: | 魏人鄭安平聞之，乃遂操范睢亡，伏匿，更名姓曰張祿。 |
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cāo ㄘㄠ (2): 擔任，從事。 Serve as, do.
| 《·》: | 孫子曰：凡興師十萬，出征千里，百姓之費，公家之奉，日費千金，內外騷動，怠于道路，不得操事者，七十萬家，相守數年，以爭一日之勝，而愛爵祿百金，不知敵之情者，不仁之至也，非人之將也，非主之佐也，非勝之主也。 |
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cāo ㄘㄠ (3): （舊讀cào）操守，品德。 Integrity, moral character.
| 《·》: | 充仲子之操，則蚓而後可者也。 | | To carry out the principles which he holds, one must become an earthworm, for so only can it be done. | | 《·》: | 君臣易操，則上之三官者廢矣。 |
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cāo ㄘㄠ (4.1): （舊讀cào）琴曲名。 Cao, name of a piece of zither music.
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cāo ㄘㄠ (4.2): （舊讀cào）彈奏（琴曲）。 Play (on the zither).
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