鼎族
dǐng zú
Pinyin

Definition

鼎族
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dǐng zú
  1. rich patriarchal family
  2. aristocracy

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
上班族
shàng bān zú
  1. 1 office workers (as social group)
问鼎
wèn dǐng
  1. 1 to aspire to the throne
  2. 2 to aim at (the first place etc)
家族
jiā zú
  1. 1 family
  2. 2 clan
族
zú
  1. 1 race
  2. 2 nationality
  3. 3 ethnicity
  4. 4 clan
  5. 5 by extension, social group (e.g. office workers 上班族)
民族
mín zú
  1. 1 nationality
  2. 2 ethnic group
  3. 3 CL:個|个[gè]
一族
yī zú
  1. 1 social group
  2. 2 subculture
  3. 3 family
  4. 4 clan
  5. 5 see also 族[zú]
人声鼎沸
rén shēng dǐng fèi
  1. 1 lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom)
  2. 2 hubbub
  3. 3 brouhaha
啃老族
kěn lǎo zú
  1. 1 (coll.) adults still living with and depending on their parents
单身贵族
dān shēn guì zú
  1. 1 fig. unmarried person
  2. 2 single person (especially one who is comfortable financially)
回族
Huí zú
  1. 1 Hui Islamic ethnic group living across China
土家族
Tǔ jiā zú
  1. 1 Tujia ethnic group of Hunan
壮族
Zhuàng zú
  1. 1 Zhuang ethnic group of Guangxi, the PRC's second most numerous ethnic group
大名鼎鼎
dà míng dǐng dǐng
  1. 1 grand reputation
  2. 2 renowned
  3. 3 famous
工薪族
gōng xīn zú
  1. 1 salaried class
彝族
Yí zú
  1. 1 Yi ethnic group
族群
zú qún
  1. 1 ethnic group
  2. 2 community
族谱
zú pǔ
  1. 1 genealogical record
  2. 2 family history
  3. 3 lineage
月光族
yuè guāng zú
  1. 1 lit. moonlight group
  2. 2 fig. those who spend their monthly income even before they earn their next salary (slang)
朝鲜族
Cháo xiǎn zú
  1. 1 Korean ethnic group in China (mainly in northeast China)
  2. 2 the Koreans (major ethnic group on the Korean Peninsula)

Idioms (9)

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
名门望族
míng mén wàng zú
  1. 1 offspring a famous family (idiom); good breeding
  2. 2 blue blood
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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