鼎 dǐng

1. dǐng noun a ding; a large, three-leg bronze cauldron
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文 , Subdomain: Art
   Notes: (Unihan '鼎')
2. dǐng noun Kangxi radical 206
   Domain: Modern Chinese 现代汉语 , Subdomain: Radicals
   Notes: Large, three-legged bronze cauldron (ABC back cover; GHC p. 7)

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• 鼎力 (honorific) your kind efforts; thanks to your help
• 鼎铛玉石(鼎鐺玉石) to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone; a waste of precious material
• 鼎足 lit. the three legs of a tripod; fig. three competing rivals
• 革故鼎新 to discard the old and introduce the new; to innovate
• 鼎新 to innovate
• 鼎鼎 great; very important
• 鼎州窑(鼎州窯) Dingzhou Kiln
• 大名鼎鼎 a grand reputation; renown; fame ; to have a grand reputation
• 鼎革 change of dynasties; clear out the old, bring in the new
• 问鼎中原(問鼎中原) to plan to seize power of the whole country
• 鼎立 to stand like the three legs of a tripod; tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
• 问鼎(問鼎) to aspire to the throne; to aim at (the first place etc)
• 鼎盛时期(鼎盛時期) golden age
• 德方鼎 De Fang Ding
• 钟鼎文(鐘鼎文) Bell-Cauldron Script
• 染指于鼎(染指於鼎) to dip a finger; to get one's finger in the pie; to get a share of the action
• 钟鸣鼎食(鐘鳴鼎食) extravagant lifestyle
• 鼎力相助 We are most grateful for your valuable assistance.
• 鼎食 extravagant food
• 鼎沸 a confused noise; a racket
• 定鼎 to set up the sacred tripods; to fix the capital; to found a dynasty
• 九鼎 the Nine Ding; the Nine Cauldrons
• 鼎泰丰(鼎泰豐) Din Tai Fung, restaurant specializing in dumplings, with stores in many countries
• 三权鼎立(三權鼎立) separation of powers
• 鼎族 rich patriarchal family; aristocracy
• 人声鼎沸(人聲鼎沸) a boiling cauldron of voices; hubbub; brouhaha
• 鼎助 (honorific) your inestimable assistance; thanks to your help
• 鼎盛期 flourishing age (of the ceremonial tripod); golden age
• 鼎鼎大名 famous; celebrated
• 问鼎轻重(問鼎輕重) to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy; a laughable attempt to seize power
• 刀锯鼎镬(刀鋸鼎鑊) knife, saw and cauldron; ancient instruments of torture; torture
• 春秋鼎盛 the prime of one's life
• 一言九鼎 words of enormous weight
• 鼎峙 a tripartite balance; compromise between three rivals
• 鼎盛 flourishing
• 鼎足之势(鼎足之勢) competition between three rivals; tripartite confrontation
• 三鼎甲 the top three graduates from the palace exams

Also contained in

鼎湖 、 大克鼎 、 鼎城区 、 鼎州 、 元鼎 、 福鼎 、 福鼎市 、 赵继鼎 、 梁焕鼎 、 鼎湖区 、 鼎城 、 张鼎丞 、 蒋鼎文 、 文鼎

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Truncated for common words

• 卷三百六十 列傳第一百十九 宗澤 趙鼎 Volume 360 Biographies 119: Zong Ze, Zhao Ding History of Song 宋史 — count: 121
• 卷一百〇八　列傳第四十六:　胥鼎 侯摯 把胡魯 師安石 Volume 108 Biographies 46: Xu Ding, Hou Zhi, Ba Hulu, Shi Anshi History of Jin 金史 — count: 50
• 卷一百〇四 志第五十七 禮七 Volume 104 Treatises 57: Rites 7 History of Song 宋史 — count: 48
• 卷四百七十三 列傳第二百三十二 姦臣三 黃潛善 汪伯彥 秦檜 Volume 473 Biographies 232: Treacherous Officials 3 - Huang Qianshan, Wang Boyan, Qin Hui History of Song 宋史 — count: 35
• 卷二十五上 郊祀志 Volume 25a: Treatise on Sacrifices 1 Book of Han 漢書 — count: 31
• 《封禪書》 Religious sacrificial ceremonies Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 30
• 卷二百八十九 列傳第一百七十七 忠義一 Volume 289 Biographies 177: Loyal Officials 1 History of Ming 明史 — count: 29
• 卷三百 列傳第五十九 楊偕 王沿 杜杞 楊畋 周湛 徐的 姚仲孫 陳太素 馬尋 杜曾 李虛己 張傅 俞獻卿 陳從易 楊大雅 Volume 300 Biographies 59: Yang Xie, Wang Yan, Du Qi, Yang Tian, Zhou Zhan, Xu De, Yao Zhongsun, Chen Taisu, Ma Xun, Du Ceng, Li Xuji, Zhang Fu, Yu Xianqing, Chen Congyi, Yang Daya History of Song 宋史 — count: 24
• 《孝武本紀》 Annals of the Xiaowu Emperor Records of the Grand Historian 史記 — count: 24
• 卷78　列傳第43 藝術 Volume 78 Biographies 43: Artists Book of Sui 隋書 — count: 21

Collocations

• 鼎俎 (鼎俎) 鼎俎既陳 — The Book of Rites 禮記, 《曾子問》 The Questions of Zeng-zi — count: 14
• 陈鼎 (陳鼎) 甸人陈鼎七 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 公食大夫禮 第九 9. Rites of the gong feasting a great officer — count: 11
• 举鼎 (舉鼎) 則舉鼎陳于門外 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士冠禮 第一 1. Capping rites for (the son of) a common officer — count: 8
• 三鼎 (三鼎) 陳三鼎于寢門外東方 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士昬禮 第二 2. Nuptial rites for a common officer — count: 8
• 大鼎 (大鼎) 取郜大鼎于宋 — The Commentary of Zuo on the Spring and Autumn Annals 春秋左氏傳, 桓公 Lord Huan — count: 7
• 鼎西 (鼎西) 顺出自鼎西 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 公食大夫禮 第九 9. Rites of the gong feasting a great officer — count: 6
• 钟鼎 (鐘鼎) 謂之鐘鼎之齊 — Rites of Zhou 周禮, 冬官考工記 第六 6. Office of Winter and Inspection Records — count: 5
• 鼎馈 (鼎饋) 而不鼎饋 — Guanzi 管子, 戒第二十六 Chapter 26: Jie Di — count: 5
• 鼎入 (鼎入) 舉鼎入 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 士昬禮 第二 2. Nuptial rites for a common officer — count: 5
• 鼎七 (鼎七) 鼎七 — The Book of Etiquette and Ceremonial 儀禮, 聘禮 第八 8. Rites of courtesy calls — count: 5