鼎鼎
dǐng dǐng
Pinyin

Definition

鼎鼎
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dǐng dǐng
  1. great
  2. very important

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

哦，我美丽的皇后，若您正好居住在中国大陆，那么请您一定不能忽略鼎鼎大名的'网红'。
ò ，wǒ měilì de huánghòu ，ruò nín zhènghǎo jūzhù zài Zhōngguódàlù ，nàme qǐng nín yīdìng bùnéng hūlüè dǐngdǐngdàmíng de 'wǎnghóng '。
Oh, my fair queen, if you happen to live in Mainland China, then you can't ignore all the internet celebrities.
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鼎鼎大名
dǐngdǐngdàmíng
celebrated
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小尤刚从警校毕业，就被安排到了市公安局的刑侦科，跟随大名鼎鼎的李探长。
Xiǎo Yóu gāng cóng jǐngxiào bìyè ，jiù bèi ānpái dào le shì gōng\'ānjú de xíngzhēnkē ，gēnsuí dàmíngdǐngdǐng de Lǐ tànzhǎng 。
After graduating from the police academy, Xiao You was assigned to the PSB's Criminal Investigation Department and placed under the leadership of the famous Detective Li.
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哪里！我家小店虽然其貌不扬，但这酒可是鼎鼎有名啊！但凡是喝了三碗的人，没有不醉的，因而也过不了前面的山冈。所以小店得名：“三碗不过冈”。
nǎli ！wǒ jiā xiǎodiàn suīrán qímàobùyáng ，dàn zhè jiǔ kěshì dǐngdǐngyǒumíng a ！dànfán shì hē le sān wǎn de rén ，méiyǒu bù zuì de ，yīnér yě guòbuliǎo qiánmian de shāngāng 。suǒyǐ xiǎodiàn démíng ：“sān wǎn bù guò gāng ”。
Not at all! Although my little place doesn't look like much, this wine is extremely well known! But there's no one who's not drunk after three bowls. Because of that, they can't get past the mountain ridge up ahead. So my little inn is called ``After Three Bowls, You Can't Cross the Ridge!"
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