鼎

dǐng

Definitions

1. ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs
2. pot (dialect)
3. to enter upon a period of (classical)
4. Kangxi radical 206
5. one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes

Words Containing 鼎

• 鼎盛 dǐng shèng: thriving
• 刀锯鼎镬 dāo jù dǐng huò: knife, saw and cauldron
• 鼎铛玉石 dǐng chēng yù shí: lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material
• 鼎城 dǐng chéng: Dingcheng district of Changde city 常德市[cháng dé shì], Hunan
• 一言九鼎 yī yán jiǔ dǐng: one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
• 鼎立 dǐng lì: lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod
• 民怨鼎沸 mín yuàn dǐng fèi: seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
• 鼎湖 dǐng hú: Dinghu District of Zhaoqing City 肇慶市|肇庆市[zhào qìng shì], Guangdong
• 鼎足 dǐng zú: lit. the three legs of a tripod
• 鼎沸 dǐng fèi: a confused noise
• 问鼎 wèn dǐng: to aspire to the throne
• 春秋鼎盛 chūn qiū dǐng shèng: the prime of one's life
• 人声鼎沸 rén shēng dǐng fèi: lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom)
• 鼎足之势 dǐng zú zhī shì: competition between three rivals
• 鼎盛期 dǐng shèng qī: flourishing age
• 鼎盛时期 dǐng shèng shí qī: flourishing period
• 福鼎市 fú dǐng shì: Fuding, county-level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[níng dé], Fujian
• 鼎族 dǐng zú: rich patriarchal family
• 染指于鼎 rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng: lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie
• 香火鼎盛 xiāng huǒ dǐng shèng: (of a temple) teeming with worshippers
• 钟鼎文 zhōng dǐng wén: bell-cauldron script
• 三权鼎立 sān quán dǐng lì: separation of powers
• 鼎湖区 dǐng hú qū: Dinghu District of Zhaoqing City 肇慶市|肇庆市[zhào qìng shì], Guangdong
• 鼎城区 dǐng chéng qū: Dingcheng district of Changde city 常德市[cháng dé shì], Hunan
• 福鼎 fú dǐng: Fuding, county-level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[níng dé], Fujian
• 鼎助 dǐng zhù: (honorific) your inestimable assistance
• 鼎泰丰 dǐng tài fēng: Din Tai Fung, restaurant specializing in dumplings, with stores in many countries
• 鼎力 dǐng lì: (honorific) your kind efforts
• 问鼎轻重 wèn dǐng qīng zhòng: lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
• 鼎鼎 dǐng dǐng: great
• 鼎新 dǐng xīn: to innovate
• 问鼎中原 wèn dǐng zhōng yuán: to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
• 鼎革 dǐng gé: change of dynasties
• 鼎力相助 dǐng lì xiāng zhù: We are most grateful for your valuable assistance.
• 九鼎 jiǔ dǐng: the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
• 大名鼎鼎 dà míng dǐng dǐng: grand reputation
• 鼎峙 dǐng zhì: a tripartite balance
• 钟鸣鼎食 zhōng míng dǐng shí: extravagant lifestyle
• 定鼎 dìng dǐng: lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great)
• 鼎食 dǐng shí: extravagant food
• 鼎鼎大名 dǐng dǐng dà míng: famous