问鼎
wèn dǐng
Pinyin

Definition

问鼎
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wèn dǐng
  1. to aspire to the throne
  2. to aim at (the first place etc)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

问鼎
wèn dǐng
  1. 1 to aspire to the throne
  2. 2 to aim at (the first place etc)
一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
大名鼎鼎
dà míng dǐng dǐng
  1. 1 grand reputation
  2. 2 renowned
  3. 3 famous
福鼎
Fú dǐng
  1. 1 Fuding county level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Níng dé], Fujian
鼎
dǐng
  1. 1 ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs
  2. 2 pot (dialect)
  3. 3 to enter upon a period of (classical)
  4. 4 Kangxi radical 206
  5. 5 one of the 64 hexagrams of the Book of Changes
鼎力
dǐng lì
  1. 1 (honorific) your kind efforts
  2. 2 thanks to your help
鼎盛
dǐng shèng
  1. 1 flourishing
  2. 2 at its peak
  3. 3 a golden age
九鼎
Jiǔ Dǐng
  1. 1 the Nine Tripod Cauldrons, symbol of state power, dating back to the Xia Dynasty
人声鼎沸
rén shēng dǐng fèi
  1. 1 lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom)
  2. 2 hubbub
  3. 3 brouhaha
福鼎市
Fú dǐng shì
  1. 1 Fuding county level city in Ningde 寧德|宁德[Níng dé], Fujian
钟鸣鼎食
zhōng míng dǐng shí
  1. 1 extravagant lifestyle
革故鼎新
gé gù dǐng xīn
  1. 1 to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
鼎力相助
dǐng lì xiāng zhù
  1. 1 We are most grateful for your valuable assistance.
鼎城
Dǐng chéng
  1. 1 Dingcheng district of Changde city 常德市[Cháng dé shì], Hunan
鼎新
dǐng xīn
  1. 1 to innovate
鼎沸
dǐng fèi
  1. 1 a confused noise
  2. 2 a racket
鼎泰丰
Dǐng tài fēng
  1. 1 Din Tai Fung, restaurant specializing in dumplings, with stores in many countries
鼎湖
Dǐng hú
  1. 1 Dinghu district of Zhaoqing city 肇慶市|肇庆市[Zhào qìng shì], Guangdong
鼎立
dǐng lì
  1. 1 lit. to stand like the three legs of a tripod
  2. 2 tripartite confrontation or balance of forces
鼎鼎
dǐng dǐng
  1. 1 great
  2. 2 very important

Idioms (8)

一言九鼎
yī yán jiǔ dǐng
  1. 1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight
人声鼎沸
rén shēng dǐng fèi
  1. 1 lit. a boiling cauldron of voices (idiom)
  2. 2 hubbub
  3. 3 brouhaha
问鼎中原
wèn dǐng Zhōng yuán
  1. 1 to plan to seize power of the whole country (idiom)
问鼎轻重
wèn dǐng qīng zhòng
  1. 1 lit. to inquire whether the tripods are light or heavy (idiom); a laughable attempt to seize power
染指于鼎
rǎn zhǐ yú dǐng
  1. 1 lit. dip one's finger in the tripod (idiom); fig. to get one's finger in the pie
  2. 2 to get a share of the action
民怨鼎沸
mín yuàn dǐng fèi
  1. 1 seething discontent (idiom); popular grievances boil over
革故鼎新
gé gù dǐng xīn
  1. 1 to discard the old and introduce the new (idiom); to innovate
鼎铛玉石
dǐng chēng yù shí
  1. 1 lit. to use a sacred tripod as cooking pot and jade as ordinary stone (idiom); fig. a waste of precious material
  2. 2 casting pearls before swine

Sample Sentences

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bùjǐn rúcǐ ，shíwǔ cùn de ‘jīngliàng ’LCD yèjīngpíng dāpèi shìmiàn shàng zuì gāo pǐnzhì de shìpín hé yīnpín kǎ ，shǐde X sì\'èrlíng wánquán yǒu shílì wèndǐng xīnyīdài bǐjìběndiànnǎo 。hé wǒmen shàngyīdài X wǔsìlíng xìliè chǎnpǐn xiāngbǐ ，X sì\'èrlíng yǐjīng shì wúkěpǐdí 。
Moreover, the 15 inch LCD monitor is accompanied by the market's highest quality video and audio cards, putting the x420 at the top of the next generation of notebook computers. When compared with our previous generation of x540 computers, the x420 is without rival.
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