鼎 dǐng zhēn

large, three-legged bronze caldron

#2356

DEFINITIONS

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

STROKES

鼎 stroke order diagram
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WORDS

鼎铛玉石 dǐng chēng yù shí lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material; casting pearls before swine
鼎鐺玉石 dǐng chēng yù shí lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material; casting pearls before swine
鼎革 dǐng gé change of dynasties; clear out the old, bring in the new
鼎食 dǐng shí extravagant food
鼎鼎 dǐng dǐng great; very important
鼎鼎大名 dǐng dǐng dà míng famous; celebrated
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