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鼎
Mandarin: ding3
Definitions
  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
  6. 6 a symbol of dynasty
  7. 7 important
  8. 8 great
  9. 9 emperor
  10. 10 high official
  11. 11 state
  12. 12 transformation
  13. 13 extravagant and luxurious
  14. 14 to innovate
  15. 15 # adapted from cc-cedict
Words containing 鼎
三足鼎
tripod, three legs "ding" (an ancient Chinese vessel with three legs)
璞鼎查
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Pottinger, the first governor of Hong Kong
鼎鼎大名
be celebrated; be illustrious; be of great reputation
三足鼎立
A situation of tripartite confrontation
人聲鼎沸
a babel of voices; a hubbub of loud voices
革故鼎新
discard the old in favor of the new
鼎力支持
full support
福鼎
Fuding (place in Fujian)
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