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Etymology
A cauldron on its bronze tripod
Meanings
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
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Words with 鼎 282 total
Idioms with 鼎 82 total
the prime of one's life春秋鼎盛chūn qiū dǐng shènggrand reputation · renowned · famous大名鼎鼎dà míng dǐng dǐngknife, saw and cauldron · ancient instruments of torture · fig. torture刀锯鼎镬dāo jù dǐng huòlit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material · casting pearls before swine鼎铛玉石dǐng chēng yù shífamous · celebrated鼎鼎大名dǐng dǐng dà míng