Chinese Notes

鼎 dǐng

dǐng noun a ding / a large, three-leg bronze cauldron
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '鼎')
dǐng noun Kangxi radical 206
Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语
Notes: Large, three-legged bronze cauldron (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)

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问鼎(問鼎) to aspire to the throne / to aim at (the first place etc)
鼎力 (honorific) your kind efforts / thanks to your help
人声鼎沸(人聲鼎沸) a boiling cauldron of voices / hubbub / brouhaha
问鼎轻重(問鼎輕重) to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy / a laughable attempt to seize power
鼎峙 a tripartite balance / compromise between three rivals
刀锯鼎镬(刀鋸鼎鑊) knife, saw and cauldron / ancient instruments of torture / torture
鼎沸 a confused noise / a racket
鼎鼎大名 famous / celebrated
鼎革 change of dynasties / clear out the old, bring in the new
染指于鼎(染指於鼎) to dip a finger / to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action
鼎铛玉石(鼎鐺玉石) to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone / a waste of precious material
问鼎中原(問鼎中原) to plan to seize power of the whole country
鼎食 extravagant food
鼎立 to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
鼎泰丰(鼎泰豐) Din Tai Fung, restaurant specializing in dumplings, with stores in many countries
九鼎 the Nine Ding / the Nine Cauldrons
革故鼎新 to discard the old and introduce the new / to innovate
钟鸣鼎食(鐘鳴鼎食) extravagant lifestyle
鼎足 lit. the three legs of a tripod / fig. three competing rivals
三权鼎立(三權鼎立) separation of powers
春秋鼎盛 the prime of one's life
鼎助 (honorific) your inestimable assistance / thanks to your help
鼎盛时期(鼎盛時期) golden age
一言九鼎 words of enormous weight
大名鼎鼎 a grand reputation / renown / fame ; to have a grand reputation
鼎盛 flourishing

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鼎湖区、元鼎、德方鼎、福鼎市、定鼎、福鼎、鼎州、蒋鼎文、鼎城区、大克鼎、梁焕鼎、文鼎、赵继鼎、鼎城、张鼎丞、鼎湖区、鼎州窑、鼎城区、蒋鼎文

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卷一百〇四志第五十七禮七 Volume 104 Treatises 57: Rites 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 48
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Collocations

鼎俎 (鼎俎) 鼎俎既陳 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 14
陈鼎 (陳鼎) 甸人陈鼎七 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 公食大夫禮第九 9. Rites of the gong feasting a great officer — count: 11
举鼎 (舉鼎) 則舉鼎陳于門外 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 8
三鼎 (三鼎) 陳三鼎于寢門外東方 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士昬禮第二 2. Nuptial rites for a common officer — count: 8
大鼎 (大鼎) 取郜大鼎于宋 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 7
鼎西 (鼎西) 顺出自鼎西 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 公食大夫禮第九 9. Rites of the gong feasting a great officer — count: 6
鼎七 (鼎七) 鼎七 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 聘禮第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls — count: 5
钟鼎 (鐘鼎) 謂之鐘鼎之齊 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 5
鼎入 (鼎入) 舉鼎入 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士昬禮第二 2. Nuptial rites for a common officer — count: 5
鼎馈 (鼎饋) 而不鼎饋 — Guanzi 管子, 戒第二十六 Chapter 26: Jie Di — count: 5