问鼎 (問鼎) wèndǐng
wèndǐng
verb
to aspire to the throne; to aim at (the first place etc)
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (CC-CEDICT '問鼎')
Contained in
- 问鼎轻重(問鼎輕重) to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy; a laughable attempt to seize power
- 问鼎中原(問鼎中原) to plan to seize power of the whole country
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Truncated for common words
- 卷二十上 本紀第二十上: 昭宗 Volume 20 Annals 20: Zhaozong Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 2
- 卷三百七十四 列傳第一百三十三 張九成 胡銓 廖剛 李迨 趙開 Volume 374 Biographies 133: Zhang Jiucheng, Hu Quan, Liao Gang, Li Dai, Zhao Kai History of Song 宋史 — count: 2
- 卷70 列傳第35 楊玄感 李子雄 趙元淑 斛斯政 劉元進 李密 裴仁基 Volume 70 Biographies 35: Yang Xuangan, Li Zixiong, Zhao Yuanshu, Hu Shizheng, Liu Yuanjin, Li Mi, Pei Renji Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 1
- 卷8 帝紀第8 靜帝 Volume 8 Annals 8: Emperor Jing Book of Zhou 周書 — count: 1
- 卷一百八十七上 列傳第一百三十七上: 忠義上 Volume 187 Biographies 137: Loyal and Righteous 1 Old Book of Tang 舊唐書 — count: 1
- 卷四百七十三 列傳第二百三十二 姦臣三 黃潛善 汪伯彥 秦檜 Volume 473 Biographies 232: Treacherous Officials 3 - Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan, Qin Hui History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
- 卷97 島夷桓玄 海夷馮跋 島夷劉裕 Volume 97: Huan Xuan of the Daoyi People, Feng Ba of the Haiyi, Liu Yu of the Daoyi Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 1
- 卷一百一十二 列傳第三十七 王韓蘇薛王柳馮蔣 Volume 112 Biographies 37: Wang, Han, Su, Xue, Wang, Liu, Feng, Jiang New Book of Tang 新唐書 — count: 1
- 卷三百六十 列傳第一百十九 宗澤 趙鼎 Volume 360 Biographies 119: Zong Ze, Zhao Ding History of Song 宋史 — count: 1
- 卷24 燕鳳 許謙 張衮 崔玄伯 鄧淵 Volume 24: Yan Feng, Xu Qian, Zhang Gun, Cui Xuanbo, Deng Yuan Book of Wei 魏書 — count: 1
Collocations
- 图问鼎 (圖問鼎) 潛圖問鼎 — Book of Southern Qi 南齊書, 卷二十五 列傳第六 垣崇祖 張敬兒 Volume 25 Biographies 6: Yuan Chongzu, Zhang Jing Er — count: 4
- 怀问鼎 (懷問鼎) 人懷問鼎 — Book of Jin 晉書, 卷一百三十 載記第三十 赫連勃勃 Volume 130 Records 30: Helian Bobo — count: 3
- 子问鼎 (子問鼎) 楚子問鼎之大小輕重焉 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 宣公 Lord Xuan — count: 3
- 在问鼎 (在問鼎) 志在問鼎 — Book of Song 宋書, 卷六十八 列傳第二十八 武二王 Volume 68 Biographies 28: Wu Erwang — count: 2
- 问鼎之际 (問鼎之际) 當群凶問鼎之際 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷60 列傳第25 崔仲方 于仲文 段文振 Volume 60 Biographies 25: Cui Zhongfang, Yu Zhongwen, Duan Wenzhen — count: 2
- 萌问鼎 (萌問鼎) 未萌問鼎之誌 — Old Book of Tang 舊唐書, 卷一百七十七 列傳第一百二十七: 崔慎由 崔珙 盧鈞 裴休 楊收 韋保衡 路巖 夏侯孜 劉瞻 劉瑑 曹確 畢諴 杜審權 劉鄴 豆盧瑑 Volume 177 Biographies 127: Cui Shenyou, Cui Gong, Lu Jun, Pei Xiu, Yang Shou, Wei Baoheng, Lu Yan, Xiao Houzi, Liu Zhan, Liu Zhuan, Cao Que, Bi Xian, Du Shenquan, Liu Ye, Dou Luzhan — count: 2
- 凶问鼎 (兇問鼎) 當群凶問鼎之際 — Book of Sui 隋書, 卷60 列傳第25 崔仲方 于仲文 段文振 Volume 60 Biographies 25: Cui Zhongfang, Yu Zhongwen, Duan Wenzhen — count: 2