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


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