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鼎 ding2 {dǐng}

  1. ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs
  2. pot (dialect)
  3. to enter upon a period of (classical)
  4. Kangxi radical 206
  5. one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes

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鼎峙 ding2 ci5 {dǐng zhì}

  1. a tripartite balance
  2. compromise between three rivals

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鼎鼎 ding2 ding2 {dǐng dǐng}

  1. great
  2. very important

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鼎沸 ding2 fai3 {dǐng fèi}

  1. a confused noise
  2. a racket

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鼎革 ding2 gaak3 {dǐng gé}

  1. change of dynasties
  2. clear out the old, bring in the new

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鼎立 ding2 laap6 {dǐng lì}

  1. lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod
  2. tripartite confrontation or balance of forces

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鼎力 ding2 lik6 {dǐng lì}

  1. (honorific) your kind efforts
  2. thanks to your help

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鼎新 ding2 san1 {dǐng xīn}

to innovate

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鼎食 ding2 sik6 {dǐng shí}

extravagant food

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鼎城 ding2 sing4 {Dǐng chéng}

Dingcheng district of Changde city 常德市, Hunan

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鼎盛 ding2 sing6 {dǐng shèng}

  1. flourishing
  2. at its peak
  3. a golden age

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鼎湖 ding2 wu4 {Dǐng hú}

Dinghu district of Zhaoqing city 肇慶市, Guangdong

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鼎助 ding2 zo6 {dǐng zhù}

  1. (honorific) your inestimable assistance
  2. thanks to your help

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鼎足 ding2 zuk1 {dǐng zú}

  1. lit. the three legs of a tripod
  2. fig. three competing rivals

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鼎族 ding2 zuk6 {dǐng zú}

  1. rich patriarchal family
  2. aristocracy

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鼎城區〔--区〕 ding2 sing4 keoi1 {Dǐng chéng qū}

Dingcheng district of Changde city 常德市, Hunan

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鼎盛期 ding2 sing6 kei4 {dǐng shèng qī}

  1. flourishing age (of the ceremonial tripod)
  2. golden age

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鼎泰豐〔--丰〕 ding2 taai3 fung1 {Dǐng tài fēng}

Din Tai Fung, restaurant specializing in dumplings, with stores in many countries

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鼎湖區〔--区〕 ding2 wu4 keoi1 {Dǐng hú qū}

Dinghu district of Zhaoqing city 肇慶市, Guangdong

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鼎鐺玉石〔-铛--〕 ding2 caang1 juk6 sek6 {dǐng chēng yù shí}

  1. lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material
  2. casting pearls before swine

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鼎鼎大名 ding2 ding2 daai6 ming4 {dǐng dǐng dà míng}

  1. famous
  2. celebrated

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鼎力相助 ding2 lik6 soeng1 zo6 {dǐng lì xiāng zhù}

We are most grateful for your valuable assistance.

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鼎盛時期〔--时-〕 ding2 sing6 si4 kei4 {dǐng shèng shí qī}

  1. flourishing period
  2. golden age

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鼎足之勢〔---势〕 ding2 zuk1 zi1 sai3 {dǐng zú zhī shì}

  1. competition between three rivals
  2. tripartite confrontation

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