定鼎
定鼎 dìng dǐng ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ding6 ding2
- lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great)
- to fix the capital
- to found a dynasty
- used in advertising
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定
鼎
- 大名鼎鼎 dà míng dǐng dǐng ㄉㄚˋ ㄇㄧㄥˊ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄉㄧㄥˇ daai6 ming4 ding2 ding2 grand reputation
- 九鼎 Jiǔ Dǐng ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄉㄧㄥˇ gau2 ding2 the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
- 问鼎問鼎 wèn dǐng ㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ man6 ding2 to aspire to the throne
- 福鼎 Fú dǐng ㄈㄨˊ ㄉㄧㄥˇ fuk1 ding2 see 福鼎市[Fu2 ding3 Shi4]
- 鼎力 dǐng lì ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄌㄧˋ ding2 lik6 (honorific) your kind efforts
- 鼎助 dǐng zhù ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄓㄨˋ ding2 zo6 (honorific) your inestimable assistance
Idioms with these characters
- 把持不定 bǎ chí bù dìng ㄅㄚˇ ㄔˊ ㄅㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ baa2 ci4 bat1 ding6 indecisive (idiom)
- 尘埃落定塵埃落定 chén āi luò dìng ㄔㄣˊ ㄞ ㄌㄨㄛˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ can4 oi1 lok6 ding6 lit. the dust has settled (idiom)
- 定于一尊定於一尊 dìng yú yī zūn ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄩˊ ㄧ ㄗㄨㄣ ding6 jyu1 jat1 zyun1 (idiom) to rely on a single authority to determine what is correct
- 盖棺定论蓋棺定論 gài guān dìng lùn ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄉㄧㄥˋ ㄌㄨㄣˋ goi3 gun1 ding6 leon6 don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
- 盖棺论定蓋棺論定 gài guān lùn dìng ㄍㄞˋ ㄍㄨㄢ ㄌㄨㄣˋ ㄉㄧㄥˋ goi3 gun1 leon6 ding6 don't pass judgment on a person's life until the lid is on the coffin (idiom)
- 鼎铛玉石鼎鐺玉石 dǐng chēng yù shí ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄔㄥ ㄩˋ ㄕˊ ding2 caang1 juk6 sek6 lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material
- 革故鼎新 gé gù dǐng xīn ㄍㄜˊ ㄍㄨˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄒㄧㄣ gaak3 gu3 ding2 san1 to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
- 民怨鼎沸 mín yuàn dǐng fèi ㄇㄧㄣˊ ㄩㄢˋ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄈㄟˋ man4 jyun3 ding2 fai3 seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
- 染指于鼎染指於鼎 rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng ㄖㄢˇ ㄓˇ ㄩˊ ㄉㄧㄥˇ jim5 zi2 jyu1 ding2 lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie
- 人声鼎沸人聲鼎沸 rén shēng dǐng fèi ㄖㄣˊ ㄕㄥ ㄉㄧㄥˇ ㄈㄟˋ jan4 sing1 ding2 fai3 lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom)