说曹操，曹操到
shuō​cáo​cāo​cáo​cāo​dào

speak of the devil

  • created sense approved 说曹操，曹操到/說曹操，曹操到 · shuō​cáo​cāo​cáo​cāo​dào · speak of the devil — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    说曹操，曹操到 / 說曹操，曹操到

    shuō​cáo​cāo​cáo​cāo​dào

    speak of the devil

    Literally "speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives"; used when someone appears just as they are being mentioned.

    说 (literal) → 说/說 · shuō · to say 曹操 (literal) → 曹操 · cáo​cāo · Cao Cao ， (non_chinese) 曹操 (literal) → 曹操 · cáo​cāo · Cao Cao 到 (literal) → 到 · dào · to arrive

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense