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grand reputation / renowned / famous
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  *鼎* | 鼎* | *鼎
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
to aspire to the throne / to aim at (the first place etc)
the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
to innovate
(honorific) your kind efforts / thanks to your help
writing style / (used with 鼎盛) cultural activity
Fuding, county-level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德, Fujian
extravagant lifestyle
Dinghu District of Zhaoqing City 肇慶市|肇庆市, Guangdong
Dingcheng district of Changde city 常德市, Hunan
thriving / flourishing
to dip a finger (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action / abbr. for 染指於鼎|染指于鼎
great / very important
(idiom) to form a tripartite balance of power
We are most grateful for your valuable assistance.
lit. the three legs of a tripod / fig. three competing rivals
one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod / tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
famous / celebrated
a confused noise / a racket
lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom) / hubbub / brouhaha
Din Tai Fung, restaurant specializing in dumplings, with stores in many countries
competition between three rivals / tripartite confrontation
bell-cauldron script / the 籀文 form of Chinese character used in metal inscriptions
change of dynasties / clear out the old, bring in the new
(literary) to form a tripartite confrontation
lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great) / to fix the capital / to found a dynasty / used in advertising
(of a temple) teeming with worshippers
Dinghu District of Zhaoqing City 肇慶市|肇庆市, Guangdong
lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material / casting pearls before swine
knife, saw and cauldron / ancient instruments of torture / fig. torture
separation of powers
lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
extravagant food
to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
the prime of one's life
lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie / to get a share of the action
seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
Fuding, county-level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德, Fujian
(honorific) your inestimable assistance / thanks to your help
Dingcheng district of Changde city 常德市, Hunan
rich patriarchal family / aristocracy
flourishing period / golden age
golden age; heyday; period of peak prosperity


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