鼎食
dǐng shí
Pinyin

Definition

鼎食
 - 
dǐng shí
  1. extravagant food

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

wèn dǐng
  1. 1 to aspire to the throne
  2. 2 to aim at (the first place etc)
měi shí
  1. 1 culinary delicacy
  2. 2 fine food
  3. 3 gourmet food
líng shí
  1. 1 between-meal nibbles
  2. 2 snacks
shí
  1. 1 to eat
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 animal feed
  4. 4 eclipse
shí pǐn
  1. 1 foodstuff
  2. 2 food
  3. 3 provisions
  4. 4 classifier: 种 zhǒng

Idioms (20)

一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
三旬九食
sān xún jiǔ shí
  1. 1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
  3. 3 in dire straits
人为财死,鸟为食亡
rén wèi cái sǐ , niǎo wèi shí wáng
  1. 1 lit. human beings will die for riches, just as birds will for food (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. man will do anything in his means to become rich
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)