dìng dǐng

定鼎 (dìng dǐng) is a Chinese word meaning “lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great); to fix the capital; to found a dynasty”.

Meanings

  1. 1lit. to set up the sacred tripods (following Yu the Great)
  2. 2to fix the capital
  3. 3to found a dynasty
  4. 4used in advertising

Characters in 定鼎

定dìng · to fix; to set; to make definite鼎dǐng · ancient cooking cauldron with two looped handles and three or four legs

Related words

一定surely; certainly; definitely肯定to be certain; to be positive决定to decide; to determine; to make up one's mind确定definite定to fix; to set; to make definite规定to stipulate; to specify; to prescribe; to fix (a price); to set (a quota)稳定steady说不定can't say for sure注定to foreordain定位to orientate固定to fix锁定to lock (a door)

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