鼎革
dǐng gé
Pinyin

Definition

鼎革
 - 
dǐng gé
  1. change of dynasties
  2. clear out the old, bring in the new

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)
改革
gǎi gé
  1. 1 reform
  2. 2 CL:次[cì],種|种[zhǒng],項|项[xiàng]
  3. 3 to reform
革命
gé mìng
  1. 1 revolution
  2. 2 revolutionary (politics)
  3. 3 CL:次[cì]
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
文革
Wén gé
  1. 1 Cultural Revolution (1966-76)
  2. 2 abbr. for 文化大革命[Wén huà Dà gé mìng]
皮革
pí gé
  1. 1 leather
  2. 2 CL:張|张[zhāng]
变革
biàn gé
  1. 1 to transform
  2. 2 to change
革
gé
  1. 1 animal hide
  2. 2 leather
  3. 3 to reform
  4. 4 to remove
  5. 5 to expel (from office)
革新
gé xīn
  1. 1 to innovate
  2. 2 innovation
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
反革命
fǎn gé mìng
  1. 1 counterrevolutionary
大马士革
Dà mǎ shì gé
  1. 1 Damascus, capital of Syria
改革家
gǎi gé jiā
  1. 1 reformer
改革派
gǎi gé pài
  1. 1 the reformist party
改革者
gǎi gé zhě
  1. 1 reformer

Idioms (11)

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
洗心革面
xǐ xīn gé miàn
  1. 1 lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
革故鼎新
gé gù dǐng xīn
  1. 1 to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
革面洗心
gé miàn xǐ xīn
  1. 1 lit. to renew one's face and wash one's heart (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways
  2. 2 to turn over a new leaf
马革裹尸
mǎ gé guǒ shī
  1. 1 to be buried in a horse hide (idiom)
  2. 2 to give one's life on the battlefield
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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