鼎
dǐng
Pinyin

Definition

鼎
 - 
dǐng
  1. ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs
  2. pot (dialect)
  3. to enter upon a period of (classical)
  4. Kangxi radical 206
  5. one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes

Character Decomposition

Compounds (3)

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
鼐
nài
  1. 1 incense tripod
鼏
mì
  1. 1 cover of tripod kettle

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
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

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

Sample Sentences

宋代文学家苏轼的《念奴娇》一词为宋词豪放派的代表作之一，又名《赤壁怀古》。上阙因景生情，从江水滔滔流去联想到消逝在历史长河中的英雄人物，人说赤壁为三国时代古战场，当年周公瑾在此，以弱胜强，击退曹魏，确立三国鼎立之势。
Sòng Dài wénxuéjiā Sū Shì de 《 niànnújiāo 》yī cí wèi Sòngcí háofàng pài de dàibiǎozuò zhīyī ，yòu míng 《 Chìbì huái gǔ 》。shàng què yīn jǐng shēng qíng ，cóng jiāng shuǐ tāotāo liú qù liánxiǎng dào xiāoshì zài lìshǐ cháng hé zhōng de yīngxióng rénwù ，rén shuō Chìbì wèi Sānguó shídài gǔ zhànchǎng ，dāngnián Zhōu Gōngjǐn zài cǐ ，yǐ ruò shèng strong ，jītuì Cáowèi ，quèlì Sānguó dǐnglì zhī shì 。
Song Dynasty literati Su Shi's ci poem 'The Charm of the Courtesan Niannu' is representative of the bold and unconstrained ci faction, and is also called 'Recalling the Past on the Red Cliffs'. The first section uses the landscape to set the tone, from the gurgling flow of the river we think of the historical figures who have disappeared in the river of time. It is said that the red cliffs were the site of an ancient battle during the Three Kingdoms Period. At that time Zhou Yu triumphed from a position of weakness here, forcing the Cao Wei to retreat and ensuring the continuance of the triumvirate states.
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哦，我美丽的皇后，若您正好居住在中国大陆，那么请您一定不能忽略鼎鼎大名的'网红'。
ò ，wǒ měilì de huánghòu ，ruò nín zhènghǎo jūzhù zài Zhōngguódàlù ，nàme qǐng nín yīdìng bùnéng hūlüè dǐngdǐngdàmíng de 'wǎnghóng '。
Oh, my fair queen, if you happen to live in Mainland China, then you can't ignore all the internet celebrities.
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鼎鼎大名
dǐngdǐngdàmíng
celebrated
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小尤刚从警校毕业，就被安排到了市公安局的刑侦科，跟随大名鼎鼎的李探长。
Xiǎo Yóu gāng cóng jǐngxiào bìyè ，jiù bèi ānpái dào le shì gōng\'ānjú de xíngzhēnkē ，gēnsuí dàmíngdǐngdǐng de Lǐ tànzhǎng 。
After graduating from the police academy, Xiao You was assigned to the PSB's Criminal Investigation Department and placed under the leadership of the famous Detective Li.
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不仅如此，15寸的‘晶亮’LCD液晶屏搭配市面上最高品质的视频和音频卡，使得X420完全有实力问鼎新一代笔记本电脑。和我们上一代X540系列产品相比，X420已经是无可匹敌。
bùjǐn rúcǐ ，shíwǔ cùn de ‘jīngliàng ’LCD yèjīngpíng dāpèi shìmiàn shàng zuì gāo pǐnzhì de shìpín hé yīnpín kǎ ，shǐde X sì\'èrlíng wánquán yǒu shílì wèndǐng xīnyīdài bǐjìběndiànnǎo 。hé wǒmen shàngyīdài X wǔsìlíng xìliè chǎnpǐn xiāngbǐ ，X sì\'èrlíng yǐjīng shì wúkěpǐdí 。
Moreover, the 15 inch LCD monitor is accompanied by the market's highest quality video and audio cards, putting the x420 at the top of the next generation of notebook computers. When compared with our previous generation of x540 computers, the x420 is without rival.
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回答正确加十分！下一题，在中国历史上，佛教鼎盛时期是哪个时代？抢答开始！一号选手回答。
huídá zhèngquè jiā shífēn ！xià yī tí ，zài Zhōngguó lìshǐ shàng ，Fójiào dǐngshèng shíqī shì nǎge shídài ？qiǎngdá kāishǐ ！yī hào xuǎnshǒu huídá 。
That's correct for 10 points! Next question: during what era in Chinese history did Buddhism flourish? Begin! Contestant one, go ahead.
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哪里！我家小店虽然其貌不扬，但这酒可是鼎鼎有名啊！但凡是喝了三碗的人，没有不醉的，因而也过不了前面的山冈。所以小店得名：“三碗不过冈”。
nǎli ！wǒ jiā xiǎodiàn suīrán qímàobùyáng ，dàn zhè jiǔ kěshì dǐngdǐngyǒumíng a ！dànfán shì hē le sān wǎn de rén ，méiyǒu bù zuì de ，yīnér yě guòbuliǎo qiánmian de shāngāng 。suǒyǐ xiǎodiàn démíng ：“sān wǎn bù guò gāng ”。
Not at all! Although my little place doesn't look like much, this wine is extremely well known! But there's no one who's not drunk after three bowls. Because of that, they can't get past the mountain ridge up ahead. So my little inn is called ``After Three Bowls, You Can't Cross the Ridge!"
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