Correct
说曹操，曹操就到
/ shuō cáo cāo cáo cāo jiù dào /
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Collocation
1
真是说曹操，曹操就到
2
怎么说曹操，曹操就到
3
说曹操，曹操就到啊
4
说曹操，曹操就到，真是太巧了
Definition
说曹操，曹操就到
Literally means:
speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao will appear
Actually means:
speak of someone and he is sure to appear
曹操 was a famous Chinese politician, strategist and poet during the Warring Period of the Three Kingdoms — Wei, Shu and Wu (A. D. 222- 280).
The phrase metaphorically means that someone happens to come when others talk or think about him. It also refers to a coincidence.
曹操，中国三国时代很出名的政治家、军事家和 诗人。
说曹操，曹操就到，比喻当谈到或想到某个人时，这个人 恰巧来了。也指碰到巧合的事。
Example
Used as a minor sentence or as predicate. (作小句、谓语)
1
Xiǎowáng
小王
hé
和
xiǎozhāng
小张
zhèngzài
正在
shuō
说
dàwěi
大伟
chūguó
出国
de
的
shì
事
,
dàwěi
大伟
pèngqiǎo
碰巧
lái
来
le
了
,
zhēnshi
真是
shuō
说
cáocāo
曹操
,
cáocāo
曹操
jiù
就
dào
到
。
Xiao Wang and Xiao Zhang are talking about Dawei going abroad, Dawei happened to come, really said Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived.
2
Tā
他
zài
在
duì
对
tóngshì
同事
mányuàn
埋怨
lǎobǎn
老板
xiǎoqì
小气
shí
时
,
lǎobǎn
老板
zhènghǎo
正好
cóng
从
tāmen
他们
pángbiān
旁边
zǒuguò
走过
。
Tā
他
xīnli
心里
xiǎng
想
:
āiyā
哎呀
,
huài
坏
le
了
,
zěnme
怎么
shuō
说
cáocāo
曹操
,
cáocāo
曹操
jiù
就
dào
到
,
shuōbudìng
说不定
wǒmen
我们
huì
会
yǒu
有
máfan
麻烦
。
When he complained to his colleagues about his boss's small anger, the boss walked right past them. He thought to him: "Oh, bad, how to say Cao Cao, Cao Cao on the way, maybe we will have trouble." ”
3
Hāhā
哈哈
,
shuō
说
cáocāo
曹操
,
cáocāo
曹操
jiù
就
dào
到
,
zhēnshi
真是
tài
太
qiǎo
巧
le
了
。
Wǒ
我
zhēng
正
xiǎng
想
qù
去
shūdiàn
书店
mǎi
买
yī
一
běn
本
cídiǎn
词典
shí
时
,
xiǎowáng
小王
hūrán
忽然
bǎ
把
tā
他
jiālǐ
家里
duōyú
多余
de
的
yī
一
běn
本
ná
拿
lái
来
sòng
送
wǒ
我
le
了
。
Haha, say Cao Cao, Cao Cao arrived, it is a coincidence. While I was about to go to the bookstore to buy a dictionary, Xiao Wang suddenly brought me the extra one in his house.