鼎峙
dǐng zhì
Pinyin

Definition

鼎峙
 - 
dǐng zhì
  1. a tripartite balance
  2. compromise between three rivals

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

问鼎
wèn dǐng
  1. 1 to aspire to the throne
  2. 2 to aim at (the first place etc)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
大名鼎鼎
dà míng dǐng dǐng
  1. 1 grand reputation
  2. 2 renowned
  3. 3 famous
对峙
duì zhì
  1. 1 to stand opposite
  2. 2 to confront
  3. 3 confrontation
福鼎
Fú dǐng
  1. 1 Fuding county level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Níng dé], Fujian
鼎
dǐng
  1. 1 ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs
  2. 2 pot (dialect)
  3. 3 to enter upon a period of (classical)
  4. 4 Kangxi radical 206
  5. 5 one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
鼎力
dǐng lì
  1. 1 (honorific) your kind efforts
  2. 2 thanks to your help
鼎盛
dǐng shèng
  1. 1 flourishing
  2. 2 at its peak
  3. 3 a golden age
九鼎
Jiǔ Dǐng
  1. 1 the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
人声鼎沸
rén shēng dǐng fèi
  1. 1 lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom)
  2. 2 hubbub
  3. 3 brouhaha
峙
zhì
  1. 1 peak
  2. 2 to store
福鼎市
Fú dǐng shì
  1. 1 Fuding county level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Níng dé], Fujian
繁峙
Fán shì
  1. 1 Fanshi county in Xinzhou 忻州[Xīn zhōu], Shanxi
钟鸣鼎食
zhōng míng dǐng shí
  1. 1 extravagant lifestyle
革故鼎新
gé gù dǐng xīn
  1. 1 to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
鼎力相助
dǐng lì xiāng zhù
  1. 1 We are most grateful for your valuable assistance.
鼎城
Dǐng chéng
  1. 1 Dingcheng district of Changde city 常德市[Cháng dé shì], Hunan
鼎新
dǐng xīn
  1. 1 to innovate
鼎沸
dǐng fèi
  1. 1 a confused noise
  2. 2 a racket
鼎泰丰
Dǐng tài fēng
  1. 1 Din Tai Fung, restaurant specializing in dumplings, with stores in many countries

Idioms (8)

一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
人声鼎沸
rén shēng dǐng fèi
  1. 1 lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom)
  2. 2 hubbub
  3. 3 brouhaha
问鼎中原
wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
问鼎轻重
wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
染指于鼎
rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng
  1. 1 lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie
  2. 2 to get a share of the action
民怨鼎沸
mín yuàn dǐng fèi
  1. 1 seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
革故鼎新
gé gù dǐng xīn
  1. 1 to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
鼎铛玉石
dǐng chēng yù shí
  1. 1 lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material
  2. 2 casting pearls before swine

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